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| DOI | 10.1088/0004-637X/784/1/58 | ||||
| Año | 2014 | ||||
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Growing observational evidence indicates that nebular line emission has a significant impact on the rest-frame optical fluxes of z similar to 5-7 galaxies. This line emission makes z similar to 5-7 galaxies appear more massive, with lower specific star-formation rates (sSFRs). However, corrections for this line emission have been difficult to perform reliably because of huge uncertainties on the strength of such emission at z greater than or similar to 5.5. In this paper, we present the most direct observational evidence thus far for ubiquitous high-equivalent-width (EW) [O (III)]+ H beta line emission in Lyman-break galaxies at z similar to 7, and we present a strategy for an improved measurement of the sSFR at z similar to 7. We accomplish this through the selection of bright galaxies in the narrow redshift window z similar to 6.6-7.0 where the Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) 4.5 mu m flux provides a clean measurement of the stellar continuum light, in contrast with the 3.6 mu m flux, which is contaminated by the prominent [O III]+ H beta lines. To ensure a high signal-to-noise ratio for our IRAC flux measurements, we consider only the brightest (H-160 < 26 mag) magnified galaxies we have identified behind galaxy clusters. It is remarkable that the mean rest-frame optical color for our bright seven-source sample is very blue, [3.6]-[4.5] = - 0.9 +/- 0.3. Such blue colors cannot be explained by the stellar continuum light and require that the rest-frame EW of [O III]+ H beta is greater than 637 angstrom for the average source. The four bluest sources from our seven-source sample require an even more extreme EW of 1582 angstrom. We can also set a robust lower limit of greater than or similar to 4Gyr(-1) on the sSFR of our sample based on the mean spectral energy distribution.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Smit, Renske | Mujer |
Leiden Univ - Países Bajos
Leiden Observatory Research Institute - Países Bajos Sterrewacht Leiden - Países Bajos |
| 2 | Bouwens, Richard | Hombre |
Leiden Univ - Países Bajos
Leiden Observatory Research Institute - Países Bajos Sterrewacht Leiden - Países Bajos |
| 3 | Labbe, I. | - |
Leiden Univ - Países Bajos
Leiden Observatory Research Institute - Países Bajos Sterrewacht Leiden - Países Bajos |
| 4 | Zheng, Wei | - |
Johns Hopkins Univ - Estados Unidos
Johns Hopkins University - Estados Unidos |
| 5 | Bradley, L. D. | Hombre |
Space Telescope Sci Inst - Estados Unidos
STScI - Estados Unidos Space Telescope Science Institute - Estados Unidos |
| 6 | Donahue, M. | Mujer |
Michigan State Univ - Estados Unidos
Michigan State University - Estados Unidos |
| 7 | Lemze, Dorom | Hombre |
Johns Hopkins Univ - Estados Unidos
Johns Hopkins University - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | Moustakas, John | Hombre |
Siena Coll - Estados Unidos
Siena College - Estados Unidos |
| 9 | Umetsu, Keiichi | Hombre |
Acad Sinica - Taiwán
Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Taiwán |
| 10 | Zitrin, A. | - |
ZAH - Alemania
CALTECH - Estados Unidos Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg - Alemania California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos Universität Heidelberg - Alemania |
| 11 | Coe, D. | - |
Space Telescope Sci Inst - Estados Unidos
STScI - Estados Unidos Space Telescope Science Institute - Estados Unidos |
| 12 | Postman, M. | Hombre |
Space Telescope Sci Inst - Estados Unidos
STScI - Estados Unidos Space Telescope Science Institute - Estados Unidos |
| 13 | Gonzalez, Vicente A. | Hombre |
Univ Calif Riverside - Estados Unidos
University of California, Riverside - Estados Unidos |
| 14 | Bartelmann, Matthias | Hombre |
ZAH - Alemania
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg - Alemania Universität Heidelberg - Alemania |
| 15 | Benitez, N. | Hombre |
CSIC - España
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC - España Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - España |
| 16 | Broadhurst, Thomas | Hombre |
Univ Basque Country - España
Universidad del Pais Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Campus Bizkaia - España Universidad del País Vasco - España |
| 17 | Ford, Holland C. | - |
Johns Hopkins Univ - Estados Unidos
Johns Hopkins University - Estados Unidos |
| 18 | Grillo, C. | Hombre |
Univ Copenhagen - Dinamarca
Niels Bohr Institute - Dinamarca Niels Bohr Institutet - Dinamarca |
| 19 | INFANTE-LIRA, LEOPOLDO | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| 20 | Jimenez-Teja, Y. | Mujer |
CSIC - España
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC - España Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - España |
| 21 | Jouvel, Stephanie | Mujer |
Inst Cincies Espai IEEC CSIC - España
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - España |
| 22 | Kelson, Daniel D. | Hombre |
Observatorio Las Campanas - Estados Unidos
Carnegie Observatories - Estados Unidos |
| 23 | Lahav, O. | Hombre |
UCL - Reino Unido
University College London - Reino Unido |
| 24 | Maoz, D. | Hombre |
Tel Aviv Univ - Israel
Tel Aviv University - Israel |
| 25 | Medezinski, Elinor | Mujer |
Johns Hopkins Univ - Estados Unidos
Johns Hopkins University - Estados Unidos |
| 26 | Melchior, Peter | Hombre |
OHIO STATE UNIV - Estados Unidos
The Ohio State University - Estados Unidos |
| 27 | Mereghetti, S. | Hombre |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Ist Nazl Fis Nucl - Italia Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna - Italia INAF - Italia |
| 28 | Merten, Julian | Hombre |
CALTECH - Estados Unidos
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Estados Unidos California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos |
| 29 | Molino, Alberto | Hombre |
CSIC - España
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC - España Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - España |
| 30 | Moustakas, L. | Hombre |
CALTECH - Estados Unidos
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Estados Unidos California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos |
| 31 | Nonino, M. | Hombre |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste - Italia INAF - Italia |
| 32 | Rosati, P. | Hombre |
Observatorio Europeo Austral - Alemania
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| 33 | Seitz, Stella | Mujer |
Univ Sternwarte - Alemania
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München - Alemania |
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| We thank Jeff Cooke, Rob Crain, Eichii Egami, Andrea Ferrara, Marijn Franx, Max Pettini, Norbert Pirzkal, and Vivienne Wild for interesting conversations. Eichii Egami independently discovered the same extreme [3.6]-[4.5] colors in at least one of the sources from the present sample. We thank Pascal Oesch for useful feedback on our manuscript. We acknowledge support from ERC grant HIGHZ No. 227749, an NWO Vrij Competitie grant, and the NASA grant for the CLASH MCT program. Support for A.Z. is provided by NASA through Hubble Fellowship grant no. HST-HF-51334.01-A awarded by STScI, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., for NASA, under contract NAS 5-26555. Part of this work was also supported by contract research "Internationale Spitzenforschung II/2-6" of the Baden W "urttemberg Stiftung. The work of L. A. M. was carried out at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with NASA. |