Deficiency of large equivalent width Lyα emission in luminous lyman break galaxies at z ∼ 5-6?

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作者
Ando, Masataka [1 ]
Ohta, Kouji
Iwata, Ikuru
Akiyama, Masayuki
Aoki, Kentaro
Tamura, Naoyuki
机构
[1] Kyoto Univ, Dept Astron, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
[2] Natl Astron Observ, Okayama Astrophys Observ, Kamogata, Okayama 7190232, Japan
[3] Natl Astron Observ, Subaru Telescope, Hilo, HI 96720 USA
[4] Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3LE, England
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
galaxies : evolution; galaxies : formation; galaxies : high-redshift;
D O I
10.1086/505652
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report a deficiency of luminous Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) with a large rest-frame equivalent width (EWrest) of Ly alpha emission at z similar to 5-6. Combining our spectroscopic sample of LBGs at and those from the literature, we found that luminous LBGs at generally show weak Lya emissions, while faint LBGs show a wide range of Ly alpha EWrest and tend to have strong (EWrest greater than or similar to 20 angstrom) Ly alpha emissions; i. e., there is a deficiency of strong Lya emission in luminous LBGs. There seems to be a threshold UV luminosity for the deficiency; it is M-1400 = -21.5 to -21.0 mag, which is close to or somewhat brighter than the M-* of the UV luminosity function at z similar to 5 and 6. Since the large EWrest of Ly alpha emission can be seen among the faint LBGs, the ratio of z similar to 5 Lya emitters to LBGs may change rather abruptly with the UV luminosity. If the weakness of Lya emission is due to dust absorption, the deficiency suggests that luminous LBGs at z = 5 - 6 tend to be in dusty and more chemically evolved environments and that they begin star formation earlier than faint LBGs, although other causes cannot be ruled out.
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