Constraints on the star-formation rate of z ∼ 3 LBGs with measured metallicity in the CANDELS GOODS-South field

被引：78

作者：

Castellano, M. ^{[1
]}

Sommariva, V. ^{[1
]}

Fontana, A. ^{[1
]}

Pentericci, L. ^{[1
]}

Santini, P. ^{[1
]}

Grazian, A. ^{[1
]}

Amorin, R. ^{[1
]}

Donley, J. L. ^{[2
]}

Dunlop, J. S. ^{[3
]}

Ferguson, H. C. ^{[4
]}

Fiore, F. ^{[1
]}

Galametz, A. ^{[1
]}

Giallongo, E. ^{[1
]}

Guo, Y. ^{[5
]}

Huang, K. -H. ^{[6
,7
]}

Koekemoer, A. ^{[4
]}

Maiolino, R. ^{[8
,9
]}

McLure, R. J. ^{[3
]}

Paris, D. ^{[1
]}

Schaerer, D. ^{[10
,11
]}

Troncoso, P. ^{[12
]}

Vanzella, E. ^{[13
]}

机构：

[1] Osserv Astron Roma, INAF, I-00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy

[2] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM USA

[3] Univ Edinburgh, Royal Observ, Inst Astron, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, Midlothian, Scotland

[4] Space Telescope Sci Inst, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA

[5] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Astron & Astrophys, UCO Lick Observ, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA

[6] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Phys, Davis, CA 95616 USA

[7] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA

[8] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England

[9] Univ Cambridge, Kavli Inst Cosmol, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England

[10] Univ Geneva, Observ Geneve, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland

[11] IRAP, CNRS, F-31400 Toulouse, France

[12] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Astron Inst, D-44780 Bochum, Germany

[13] Osservatorio Astron Bologna, INAF, I-40127 Bologna, Italy

来源：

ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | 2014年 / 566卷

关键词：

galaxies: distances and redshifts; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: high-redshift; LYMAN-BREAK GALAXIES; HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES; ULTRA-DEEP FIELD; FORMATION RATE DENSITY; EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY; UV LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; FORMING GALAXIES; STELLAR POPULATIONS; DUST OBSCURATION; FORMATION HISTORIES;

D O I：

10.1051/0004-6361/201322704

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

Aims. We aim to constrain the assembly history of high-redshift galaxies and the reliability of UV-based estimates of their physical parameters from an accurate analysis of a unique sample of z similar to 3 Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs). Methods. We analyse 14 LBGs at z similar to 2.8-3.8 constituting the only sample where both a spectroscopic measurement of their metallicity and deep IR observations (CANDELS+HUGS survey) are available. Fixing the metallicity of population synthesis models to the observed values, we determine best-fit physical parameters under different assumptions about the star-formation history (SFH) and also consider the effect of nebular emission. For comparison, we determine the UV slope of the objects, and use it to estimate their SFRUV99 by correcting the UV luminosity. Results. A comparison between star-formation rate (SFR) obtained through SED-fitting (SFRfit) and the SFRUV99 shows that the latter are underestimated by a factor of 2-10, regardless of the assumed SFH. Other SFR indicators (radio, far-IR, X-ray, recombination lines) coherently indicate SFRs a factor of 2-4 larger than SFRUV99 and in closer agreement with SFRfit. This discrepancy is due to the solar metallicity implied by the usual beta-A(1600) conversion factor. We propose a refined relation, appropriate for subsolar metallicity LBGs: A(1600) = 5.32 + 1.99 * beta. This relation reconciles the dust-corrected UV with the SED-fitting and the other SFR indicators. We show that the fact that z similar to 3 galaxies have subsolar metallicity implies an upward revision by a factor of similar to 1.5-2 of the global SFRD, depending on the assumptions about the age of the stellar populations. We find very young best-fit ages (10-500 Myr) for all our objects. From a careful examination of the uncertainties in the fit and the amplitude of the Balmer break we conclude that there is little evidence of the presence of old stellar population in at least half of the LBGs in our sample, suggesting that these objects are probably caught during a huge star-formation burst, rather than being the result of a smooth evolution.

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