論文

査読有り
2009年12月

LARGE AREA SURVEY FOR z=7 GALAXIES IN SDF AND GOODS-N: IMPLICATIONS FOR GALAXY FORMATION AND COSMIC REIONIZATION

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
  • Masami Ouchi
  • Bahram Mobasher
  • Kazuhiro Shimasaku
  • Henry C. Ferguson
  • S. Michael Fall
  • Yoshiaki Ono
  • Nobunari Kashikawa
  • Tomoki Morokuma
  • Kimihiko Nakajima
  • Sadanori Okamura
  • Mark Dickinson
  • Mauro Giavalisco
  • Kouji Ohta
  • 全て表示

706
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開始ページ
1136
終了ページ
1151
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.1088/0004-637X/706/2/1136
出版者・発行元
IOP PUBLISHING LTD

We present results of our large area survey for z'-band dropout galaxies at z = 7 in a 1568 arcmin(2) sky area covering the SDF and GOODS-N fields. Combining our ultra-deep Subaru/Suprime-Cam z'- and y-band (lambda(eff) = 1 mu m) images with legacy data of Subaru and Hubble Space Telescope, we have identified 22 bright z-dropout galaxies down to y = 26, one of which has a spectroscopic redshift of z = 6.96 determined from Ly alpha emission. The z = 7 luminosity function yields the best-fit Schechter parameters of phi* = 0.69(-0.55)(+2.62) x 10(-3) Mpc(-3), M(UV)* = -20.10 +/- 0.76 mag, and alpha = -1.72 +/- 0.65, and indicates a decrease from z = 6 at a > 95% confidence level. This decrease is beyond the cosmic variance in our two fields, which is estimated to be a factor of less than or similar to 2. We have found that the cosmic star formation rate density drops from the peak at z = 2-3 to z = 7 roughly by a factor of similar to 10 but not larger than similar to 100. A comparison with the reionization models suggests either that the universe could not be totally ionized by only galaxies at z = 7, or more likely that properties of galaxies at z = 7 are different from those at low redshifts having, e.g., a larger escape fraction (greater than or similar to 0.2), a lower metallicity, and/or a flatter initial mass function. Our SDF z-dropout galaxies appear to form 60 Mpc long filamentary structures, and the z = 6.96 galaxy with Ly alpha emission is located at the center of an overdense region consisting of four UV bright dropout candidates, which might suggest an existence of a well-developed ionized bubble at z = 7.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/706/2/1136
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000271872900015&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1088/0004-637X/706/2/1136
  • ISSN : 0004-637X
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000271872900015

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