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JWST EXCELS调查:3<z<5的高质量静止星系的年龄和丰度显示,下缩现象在z≈4时已经存在

The JWST EXCELS survey: The ages and abundances of $3<z<5$ massive quiescent galaxies show that downsizing was already in place by $z\simeq4$

SUPA, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh(爱丁堡大学天体物理联盟);Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校天文系);Armagh Observatory and Planetarium(阿马赫天文馆和天文台)
Ho-Hin Leung, Adam C. Carnall, Elizabeth Taylor, Struan D. Stevenson, Aliza G. Beverage, Fergus Cullen, James S. Dunlop, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure, Ryan B… 展开作者

Ho-Hin Leung, Adam C. Carnall, Elizabeth Taylor, Struan D. Stevenson, Aliza G. Beverage, Fergus Cullen, James S. Dunlop, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure, Ryan Begley, Omar Almaini, Stella Antonogiannaki, Karla Z. Arellano-Córdova, Laia Barrufet, Cecilia Bondestam, Callum T. Donnan, Isaac J. B. Holst, Feng-Yuan F. Liu, Kate Rowlands, Ryan L. Sanders, Dirk Scholte, Maya Skarbinski, Thomas M. Stanton, Vivienne Wild

AI总结:

JWST EXCELS调查发现,3<z<5的高质量静止星系在z≈4时已表现出下缩现象,恒星年龄与质量相关,且高红移静止星系的化学丰度测量仍具挑战性。

摘要:

我们为3<z<5的14个静止星系(log10(M*/M⊙)>10)提供了深的中分辨率λ=1-5μm JWST/NIRSpec光谱数据,这些数据是EXCELS调查的一部分。我们对这些数据进行了完整的重新处理,包括一种自定义的最优提取方法,以对抗由NIRSpec空间PSF欠采样导致的光谱'波浪'。我们通过完整的光谱拟合来约束这些对象的恒星形成历史和恒星金属度,发现了一个清晰的恒星年龄与恒星质量的相关性,其中更高质量的星系在更早的时间组装了恒星质量。这证实了光谱学上考古'下缩'趋势在z≈4时已经存在。我们测量的关系斜率(约1.5 Gyr per dex in stellar mass)与0 < z < 3的文献结果一致。我们没有观测到log10(M*/M⊙)≤10.5且年龄超过几百年Myr的天体,这表明最近报告的这些质量的高红移静止星系可能很快会重新活跃。我们测量了大多数样本的恒星金属度相对较高,与0 < z < 3的类似对象一致。最后,我们探讨了样本中六个更古老且更明亮的星系中α增强的证据,发现使用不同恒星群体模型、不同拟合的静止框架波长范围、恒星形成历史模型和拟合代码测量的化学丰度存在显著差异。因此,我们得出结论,推断最早静止星系的详细恒星化学丰度仍然具有挑战性,需要更高信噪比的光谱(每个分辨率元素的信噪比>100对于R≈1000)

英文摘要:

We present deep, medium-resolution $λ=1-5\,μ$m JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy for 14 quiescent galaxies at $3<z<5$ with $\log_{10}(M_*/\mathrm{M_\odot}){\,>\,}10$, obtained as part of the EXCELS survey. We perform a complete re-reduction of these data, including a custom optimal-extraction approach to combat the spectral "wiggles" that result from undersampling of the NIRSpec spatial PSF. We constrain the star-formation histories and stellar metallicities of these objects via full-spectral fitting, finding a clear stellar age vs stellar mass correlation, in which more massive galaxies assembled their stellar mass at earlier times. This confirms spectroscopically that the archaeological "downsizing" trend was already in place by $z\simeq4$. The slope of our measured relation ($\simeq1.5$ Gyr per dex in stellar mass) is consistent with literature results at $0 < z < 3$. We do not observe objects with $\log_{10}(M_*/\mathrm{M_\odot})\lesssim10.5$ and ages of more than a few hundred Myr at this epoch, suggesting that recently reported examples of higher-redshift quiescent galaxies at these masses are likely to soon rejuvenate. We measure relatively high stellar metallicities for the majority of our sample, consistent with similar objects at $0 < z < 3$. Finally, we explore evidence for $α$-enhancement in six older and more luminous galaxies within our sample, finding considerable disagreements in the chemical abundances measured using different stellar population models, different fitted rest-frame wavelength ranges, star-formation history models and fitting codes. We therefore conclude that inferring detailed stellar chemical abundances for the earliest quiescent galaxies remains challenging, and higher signal-to-noise spectra are required (SNR per resolution element $>100$ for $R\simeq1000$).

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