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2009年2月

SPITZER OBSERVATIONS OF EXTENDED LYMAN-alpha CLOUDS IN THE SSA22 FIELD

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
  • T. M. A. Webb
  • ,
  • T. Yamada
  • ,
  • J. -S. Huang
  • ,
  • M. L. N. Ashby
  • ,
  • Y. Matsuda
  • ,
  • E. Egami
  • ,
  • M. Gonzalez
  • ,
  • T. Hayashimo

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開始ページ
1561
終了ページ
1570
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.1088/0004-637X/692/2/1561
出版者・発行元
IOP PUBLISHING LTD

We present the results of a Spitzer IRAC and MIPS 24 mu m study of extended Lyman-alpha clouds (or Lyman-alpha Blobs, LABs) within the SSA22 filamentary structure at z = 3.09. We detect 6/26 LABs in all IRAC filters, four of which are also detected at 24 mu m, and find good correspondence with the 850 mu m measurements of Geach et al. An analysis of the rest-frame ultraviolet, optical, near-and mid-infrared colors reveals that these six systems exhibit signs of nuclear activity (active galactic nucleus (AGN)) and/or extreme star formation. Notably, they have properties that bridge galaxies dominated by star formation (Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs)) and those with AGNs (LBGs classified as QSOs). The LAB systems not detected in all four IRAC bands, on the other hand, are, as a group, consistent with pure star-forming systems, similar to the majority of the LBGs within the filament. These results indicate that the galaxies within LABs do not comprise a homogeneous population, though they are also consistent with scenarios in which the gas halos are ionized through a common mechanism such as galaxy-scale winds driven by the galaxies within them, or gravitational heating of the collapsing cloud itself.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/692/2/1561
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000263674700045&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1088/0004-637X/692/2/1561
  • ISSN : 0004-637X
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000263674700045

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