The stellar population of Lyα-emitting galaxies at z∼5.7

被引:78
作者
Lai, Kamson [1 ]
Huang, Jia-Sheng
Fazio, Giovanni
Cowie, Lennox L.
Hu, Esther M.
Kakazu, Yuko
机构
[1] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Univ Hawaii, Inst Astron, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
关键词
cosmology : observations; galaxies : evolution; galaxies : high-redshift;
D O I
10.1086/510285
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present a study of three Ly alpha-emitting galaxies (LAEs), selected via a narrowband survey in the GOODS northern field and spectroscopically confirmed to have redshifts of z similar to 5.65. Using HSTACS and Spitzer IRAC data, we constrain the rest-frame UV-to-optical spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the galaxies. Fitting stellar population synthesis models to the observed SEDs, we find best-fit stellar populations with masses between similar to 10(9) and 10(10) M-circle dot, and ages between similar to 5 and 100 Myr, assuming a simple starburst star formation history. However, stellar populations as old as 700 Myr are admissible if a constant star formation rate model is considered. Very deep near-IR observations may help to narrow the range of allowed models by providing extra constraints on the rest-frame UV spectral slope. Our narrowband-selected objects and other IRAC-detected z similar to 6 i'-dropout galaxies have similar 3.6 mu m magnitudes and z' -[3.6] colors, suggesting that they possess stellar populations of similar masses and ages. This similarity may be the result of a selection bias, since the IRAC-detected LAEs and i'-dropouts probably only sample the bright end of the luminosity function. On the other hand, our LAEs have blue i' - z' colors compared to the i'-dropouts and would have been missed by the i'-dropout selection criterion. A better understanding of the overlap between the LAE and the i'-dropout populations is necessary in order to constrain the properties of the overall high-redshift galaxy population, such as the total stellar mass density at z similar to 6.
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