Models for dusty Lyα emitters at high redshift

被引:120
作者
Haiman, Z [1 ]
Spaans, M
机构
[1] NASA, Fermilab Astrophys Grp, Fermi Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
[2] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
galaxies : evolution; galaxies : ISM; galaxies : stellar content; stars : formation; ultraviolet : galaxies;
D O I
10.1086/307276
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Models are presented for the Ly alpha emission of dusty high-redshift galaxies by combining the Press-Schechter formalism with a treatment of the inhomogeneous dust distribution inside galaxies. It is found that the amount of Ly alpha radiation escaping from the galaxies strongly depends on the time over which the dust is produced through stellar activity and on the ambient inhomogeneity of the H II regions that surround the ionizing OB stars. Good agreement is found with recent observations, as well as with previous nondetections. Although a detailed determination of the individual model parameters is precluded by uncertainties, we find that (1) the dust content in primordial galaxies builds up in no more than similar to 5 x 10(8) yr, (2) the galactic H II regions are inhomogeneous with a cloud-covering factor of order unity, and (3) the overall star formation efficiency is at least similar to 5%. It is predicted that future observations can detect these Ly alpha galaxies up to redshifts of similar to 8. If the universe is reionized at z(r) less than or similar to 8, the corresponding decline in the number of Ly alpha emitters at z greater than or similar to z(r) could prove to be a useful probe of the reionization epoch.
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