FIRST SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS OF [OIII] EMISSION FROM Lyα SELECTED FIELD GALAXIES AT z ∼ 3.1

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作者
McLinden, Emily M. [1 ]
Finkelstein, Steven L. [2 ]
Rhoads, James E. [1 ]
Malhotra, Sangeeta [1 ]
Hibon, Pascale [1 ]
Richardson, Mark L. A. [1 ]
Cresci, Giovanni [3 ,4 ]
Quirrenbach, Andreas [5 ]
Pasquali, Anna [6 ]
Bian, Fuyan [7 ]
Fan, Xiaohui [7 ]
Woodward, Charles E. [8 ]
机构
[1] Arizona State Univ, Sch Earth & Space Explorat, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[2] Texas A&M Univ, George P & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Inst Fundamenta, Dept Phys & Astron, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[3] INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Arcetri, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[4] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85741 Garching, Germany
[5] Heidelberg Univ, ZAH, Landessternwarte, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[6] Max Planck Inst Astron, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[7] Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[8] Univ Minnesota, Dept Astron, Tate Lab Phys 351, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
galaxies: high-redshift; intergalactic medium; LYMAN BREAK GALAXIES; REST-FRAME ULTRAVIOLET; STAR-FORMING GALAXIES; HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES; SUBARU DEEP FIELD; EMITTING GALAXIES; GALACTIC SUPERWINDS; STELLAR POPULATIONS; RADIATION TRANSFER; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/730/2/136
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present the first spectroscopic measurements of the [O III] 5007 angstrom line in two z similar to 3.1 Ly alpha emitting galaxies (LAEs) using the new near-infrared instrument LUCIFER1 on the 8.4 m Large Binocular Telescope. We also describe the optical imaging and spectroscopic observations used to identify these LAEs. Using the [O III] line we have measured accurate systemic redshifts for these two galaxies, and discovered a velocity offset between the [O III] and Ly alpha lines in both, with the Ly alpha line peaking 342 and 125 km s(-1) redward of the systemic velocity. These velocity offsets imply that there are powerful outflows in high-redshift LAEs. They also ease the transmission of Lya photons through the interstellar medium and intergalactic medium around the galaxies. By measuring these offsets directly, we can refine both Lya-based tests for reionization, and Lya luminosity function measurements where the Ly alpha forest affects the blue wing of the line. Our work also provides the first direct constraints on the strength of the [O III] line in high-redshift LAEs. We find [O III] fluxes of 7 and 36 x 10(-17) erg s(-1) cm(-2) in two z similar to 3.1 LAEs. These lines are strong enough to dominate broadband flux measurements that include the line (in this case, K-s-band photometry). Spectral energy distribution fits that do not account for the lines would therefore overestimate the 4000 angstrom (and/ or Balmer) break strength in such galaxies, and hence also the ages and stellar masses of such high-z galaxies.
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