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The IRX-$β$ relation of high-redshift galaxies | | Lichen Liang
; Robert Feldmann
; Christopher C. Hayward
; Desika Narayanan
; Onur Çatmabacak
; Dušan Kereš
; Claude-André Faucher-Giguère
; Philip F. Hopkins
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28 Sep 2020 | | Abstract: | The relation between infrared excess (IRX) and UV spectral slope ($eta_{
m
UV}$) is an empirical probe of dust properties of galaxies. The shape, scatter,
and redshift evolution of this relation are not well understood, however,
leading to uncertainties in estimating the dust content and star formation
rates (SFRs) of galaxies at high redshift. In this study, we explore the nature
and properties of the IRX-$eta_{
m UV}$ relation with a sample of $z=2-6$
galaxies ($M_*approx 10^9-10^{12},M_odot$) extracted from high-resolution
cosmological simulations (MassiveFIRE) of the Feedback in Realistic
Environments (FIRE) project. The galaxies in our sample show an IRX-$eta_{
m
UV}$ relation that is in good agreement with the observed relation in nearby
galaxies. IRX is tightly coupled to the UV optical depth, and is mainly
determined by the dust-to-star geometry instead of total dust mass, while
$eta_{
m UV}$ is set both by stellar properties, UV optical depth, and the
dust extinction law. Overall, much of the scatter in the IRX-$eta_{
m UV}$
relation of our sample is found to be driven by variations of the intrinsic UV
spectral slope. We further assess how the IRX-$eta_{
m UV}$ relation depends
on viewing direction, dust-to-metal ratio, birth-cloud structures, and the dust
extinction law and we present a simple model that encapsulates most of the
found dependencies. Consequently, we argue that the reported ’deficit’ of the
infrared/sub-millimetre bright objects at $z>5$ does not necessarily imply a
non-standard dust extinction law at those epochs. | | Source: | arXiv, 2009.13522 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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