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星系在再电离时期强引力透镜场中的紫外斜率研究:利用JWST

UV slopes of Starforming Galaxies in Strong Lensing fields at the Epoch of Reionization with JWST

University of Ljubljana(卢布尔雅那大学);University of California Davis(加州大学戴维斯分校);Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics(邓普天文学与天体物理研究所);York University(约克大学);Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen(格罗宁根大学卡普坦天文研究所);Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge(剑桥大学卡弗里宇宙学研究所);Cavendish Laboratory - Astrophysics Group, University of Cambridge(剑桥大学卡文迪许实验室天体物理组)
Giordano Felicioni, Maruša Bradač, Yoshihisa Asada, Nicholas S. Martis, Ghassan T. E. Sarrouh, Guillaume Desprez, Gregor Rihtaršič, Naadiyah Jagga, Anishya Hars… 展开作者

Giordano Felicioni, Maruša Bradač, Yoshihisa Asada, Nicholas S. Martis, Ghassan T. E. Sarrouh, Guillaume Desprez, Gregor Rihtaršič, Naadiyah Jagga, Anishya Harshan, Jon Judež, Chris J. Willott, Roberto Abraham, Gabriel Brammer, Vince Estrada-Carpenter, Jasleen Matharu, Adam Muzzin, Gaël Noirot, Marcin Sawicki, Sunna Withers, Vladan Markov, Rosa M. Mérida, Vesna Pirc Jevšenak, Roberta Tripodi

AI总结:

利用JWST在强引力透镜场中研究再电离时期高红移星系的紫外斜率,发现β趋势在z>7.5时趋于平缓,且β与M_uv存在弱负相关。

摘要:

紫外斜率(β)是研究再电离时期星系的强大诊断工具,追踪恒星形成、星际介质电离以及电离光子逃逸分数f_esc。低至中等红移的研究发现β随时间逐渐变红,较暗星系有更陡的斜率,然而最近的JWST研究显示在z>7时这一趋势趋于平缓。我们希望通过强引力透镜效应观测高红移和暗星系来测量z>7.5的β。低亮度环境对再电离过程特别重要,因为大多数近期模型认为众多暗星系是再电离的主要驱动力。我们利用CANUCS、Technicolor、JUMPS、Silver Bullet、UNCOVER和MEGASCIENCE的NIRCam和NIRSpec数据,在7个强引力透镜场中进行研究。我们发现红移范围在7.5<z<12.5,紫外光度M_uv约为-16的星系。我们使用正向建模方法测量β,并利用低红移样本校准的关系,结合紫外斜率、星系大小和Hβ等效宽度,估算部分样本的f_esc。我们发现378个星系(45个有光谱数据),平均β=-2.3±0.4,z=8.5±1.0,M_uv=-18±1。我们发现β在红移范围内没有显著变化,表明在z>7.5时β-z趋势趋于平缓。我们发现β与M_uv之间存在弱负相关。对于14个星系,我们估计平均f_esc=0.26±0.22。在z>7.5时β的平缓趋势表明,大爆炸后300至600Myr期间星系性质相似。β与M_uv之间的弱相关性表明低质量与高质量星系的星际介质成分可能相似,这可能是由于尘埃积累时间不足。尽管平均f_esc在z~6时高于必要值以电离IGM,但低红移模型可能高估了其值。

英文摘要:

UV slopes ($β$) are a powerful diagnostics for galaxies at the Epoch of Reionization, tracing star formation, ISM ionization, and the escape fraction $f_{esc}$ of ionizing photons. Studies at low and intermediate z find a gradual $β$ reddening with time and steeper slopes for fainter galaxies, however recent JWST studies reveal a flattening of this trend at $z>7$. We want measure $β$ for galaxies at $z>7.5$ using the strong lensing around massive galaxy clusters to observe high-redshift and faint galaxies. The low-brightness regime is of particular interest for reionization, as most of the recent models of this process posit that numerous faint galaxies are the prime drivers of reionization. We use NIRCam and NIRSpec data from CANUCS, Technicolor, JUMPS, Silver Bullet, UNCOVER and MEGASCIENCE across 7 strong lensing fields. We find galaxies down to $M_{UV}\sim-16$ and 7.5<z<12.5. We measure \b{eta} with a forward-modelling procedure and estimate $f_{esc}$ for a subsample with emission line data using a relation, calibrated from a low-z sample, with UV slope, galaxy size and H$β$ equivalent width. We find 378 galaxies (45 with spectrum), yielding average values $β=-2.3\pm0.4$, $z=8.5\pm1.0$, and $M_{UV}=-18\pm1$. We find no significant $β$ evolution across our redshift range, suggesting a flattening of the $β-z$ trend above $z\sim7.5$. We find a weak negative trend between $β$ and $M_{UV}$. For 14 galaxies we estimate an average $f_{esc}=0.26\pm0.22$. The flat trend of $β$ at $z>7.5$ suggests similar properties between $300$ and $600 Myr$ after the Big Bang. The weak trend between $β$ and $M_{UV}$ suggests an analogous composition for low- and high-mass galaxies' ISM, likely due to a lack of time for dust buildup. While average $f_{esc}$ is higher than necessary to ionize the IGM by z~6, the model extrapolated at low-z may overestimate its value.

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