Discovering extremely compact and metal-poor, star-forming dwarf galaxies out to z ∼ 0.9 in the AMOS Ultra-Deep Survey

被引：43

作者：

Amorin, R. ^{[1
]}

Sommariva, V. ^{[1
,5
]}

Castellano, M. ^{[1
]}

Grazian, A. ^{[1
]}

Tasca, L. A. M. ^{[2
]}

Fontana, A. ^{[1
]}

Pentericci, L. ^{[1
]}

Cassata, P. ^{[2
]}

Garilli, B. ^{[4
]}

Le Brun, V. ^{[2
]}

Le Fevre, O. ^{[2
]}

Maccagni, D. ^{[4
]}

Thomas, R. ^{[2
]}

Vanzella, E. ^{[3
]}

Zamorani, G. ^{[3
]}

Zucca, E.

Bardelli, S. ^{[3
]}

Capak, F. ^{[12
]}

Cassara, L. P. ^{[4
]}

Cimatti, A. ^{[5
]}

Cuby, J. G. ^{[2
]}

Cucciati, O. ^{[3
,5
]}

de la Torre, S. ^{[2
]}

Durkalec, A. ^{[2
]}

Giavalisco, M. ^{[13
]}

Hathi, N. P. ^{[2
]}

Ilbert, O. ^{[2
]}

Lemaux, B. C. ^{[2
]}

Moreau, C. ^{[2
]}

Paltani, S. ^{[9
]}

Ribeiro, B. ^{[2
]}

Salvato, M. ^{[14
]}

Schaerer, D. ^{[8
,10
]}

Scodeggio, M. ^{[4
]}

Talia, M. ^{[5
]}

Taniguchi, Y. ^{[15
]}

Tresse, L. ^{[2
]}

Vergani, D. ^{[3
,6
]}

Wang, P. W. ^{[2
]}

Charlot, S. ^{[7
]}

Contini, T. ^{[8
]}

Fotopoulou, S. ^{[9
]}

Lopez-Sanjuan, C. ^{[11
]}

Mellier, Y. ^{[7
]}

Scoville, N. ^{[12
]}

机构：

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

[2] Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LAM, UMR 7326, F-13388 Marseille, France

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

[4] INAF IASF, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[5] Univ Bologna, Dept Phys & Astron DIFA, I-40127 Bologna, Italy

[6] INAF IASF Bologna, I-40129 Bologna, Italy

[7] Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UNIR7095, Inst Astrophys Paris, F-75014 Paris, France

[8] Univ Toulouse, IRAP, CNRS, F-31400 Toulouse, France

[9] Univ Geneva, Dept Astron, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland

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

[11] Ctr Estudios Fis Cosmos Aragon, Teruel, Spain

[12] CALTECH, Dept Astron, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[13] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Astron, Amherst, MA 01003 USA

[14] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85741 Garching, Germany

[15] Ehime Univ, Res Ctr Space & Cosm Evolut, Matsuyama, Ehime 7908577, Japan

来源：

ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | 2014年 / 568卷

基金：

欧洲研究理事会;

关键词：

galaxies: evolution; galaxies: high-redshift; galaxies: starburst; galaxies: abundances; galaxies: dwarf; galaxies: fundamental parameters; EMISSION-LINE GALAXIES; SPECTROSCOPIC PARALLEL SURVEY; MASS-METALLICITY RELATION; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES; GREEN PEA GALAXIES; DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; HII GALAXIES; IONIZATION STATE; EVOLUTION;

D O I：

10.1051/0004-6361/201423816

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We report the discovery of 31 low-luminosity (-14.5 g >= M-AB(B) >= -18.8), extreme emission line galaxies (EELGs) at 0.2 <= z <= 0.9 identified by their unusually high rest frame equivalent widths (100 <= EW[O III] <= 1700 angstrom) as part of the VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS), VIMOS optical spectra of unprecedented sensdivity (I-AB similar to 25 mag) along with multiwavelength photometry and HST imaging are used to investigate spectrophotometric properties of this unique sample and to explore, for the first time, the very low stellar mass end (M-* <= 10(8) M-circle dot) of the luminosity-metallicity (LZR) and mass-metallicity (MZR) relations at z < 1, Characterized by their extreme compactness (R-50 < 1 kpc). low stellar mass and enhanced specific star formation rates (sSFR = SFR/M-* similar to 10(-9)-10(-7) yr(-1)). the VUDS EELGs are blue dwarf galaxies likely experiencing the first stages of a vigorous galaxy-wide starburst Using T-c-sensitive direct and strong-line methods, we find that VUDS KELGs are low-metallicity (7.5 <= 12 + log (O/H) <= 8.3) galaxies with high ionization conditions (log (q(ion)) >= 8 cm s(-1)). including at least three EELGs showing HeII lambda 4686 angstrom emission and four extremely metal-poor (<= 10% solar) galaxies, The LZR and MZR followed by VUDS EELGs show relatively large scatter, being broadly consistent with the extrapolation toward low luminosity and mass from previous studies at similar redshift, However, we find evidence that galaxies with younger and more vigorous star formation as characterized by their larger LA's, ionization and sSFR - tend to be more metal poor at a given stellar mass.

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