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Probing the Physical Properties of z=4.5 Lyman Alpha Emitters with Spitzer | | Keely D. Finkelstein
; Steven L. Finkelstein
; Vithal Tilvi
; Sangeeta Malhotra
; James E. Rhoads
; Norman A. Grogin
; Norbert Pirzkal
; Arjun Dey
; Buell T. Jannuzi
; Bahram Mobasher
; Sabrina Pakzad
; Brett Salmon
; Junzian Wang
; | | Date: |
21 Sep 2015 | | Abstract: | We present the results from a stellar population modeling analysis of a
sample of 162 z=4.5, and 14 z=5.7 Lyman alpha emitting galaxies (LAEs) in the
Bootes field, using deep Spitzer/IRAC data at 3.6 and 4.5 um from the Spitzer
Lyman Alpha Survey, along with Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS and WFC3 imaging
at 1.1 and 1.6 um for a subset of the LAEs. This represents one of the largest
samples of high-redshift LAEs imaged with Spitzer IRAC. We find that 30/162
(19%) of the z=4.5 LAEs and 9/14 (64%) of the z=5.7 LAEs are detected at
>3-sigma in at least one IRAC band. Individual z=4.5 IRAC-detected LAEs have a
large range of stellar mass, from 5x10^8 to 10^11 Msol. One-third of the
IRAC-detected LAEs have older stellar population ages of 100 Myr - 1 Gyr, while
the remainder have ages < 100 Myr. A stacking analysis of IRAC-undetected LAEs
shows this population to be primarily low mass (8 -- 20 x 10^8 Msol) and young
(64 - 570 Myr). We find a correlation between stellar mass and the
dust-corrected ultraviolet-based star-formation rate (SFR) similar to that at
lower redshifts, in that higher mass galaxies exhibit higher SFRs. However, the
z=4.5 LAE correlation is elevated 4-5 times in SFR compared to
continuum-selected galaxies at similar redshifts. The exception is the most
massive LAEs which have SFRs similar to galaxies at lower redshifts suggesting
that they may represent a different population of galaxies than the traditional
lower-mass LAEs, perhaps with a different mechanism promoting Lyman alpha
photon escape. | | Source: | arXiv, 1509.6381 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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