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FRESNEL Imager: Extragalactic Science in the UV-Optical domains. Roser Pelló Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes. FRENEL Meeting, Nice, 23-25 September 2009. FI and extragalactic studies. Spatial resolution Wavelength coverage (100nm to 10 microns) High dynamic range FI ...
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FRESNEL Imager: Extragalactic Science in the UV-Optical domains Roser Pelló Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes FRENEL Meeting, Nice, 23-25 September 2009
FI and extragalactic studies Spatial resolution Wavelength coverage (100nm to 10 microns) High dynamic range FI ... starts operations after JWST, ALMA and possibly SKA, ... it is intended to be a follow up rather than a survey facility could be efficiently used to target galaxies selected from utra-deep photometric and spectroscopic surveys Mapping the Star Formation of galaxies, from the local universe to ~75% look back time (UV, z~0 to 2) Constraining the physical properties of the first galaxies (IR)
Extragalactic studies in the UV Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX, 2003-) GALEX FUV GALEX NUV
Ex.: composite spectra of high-z galaxies observed in the optical domain (VVDS Survey Le Fevre et al. 06, Paltani et al. 07)
Composite spectra of z~3 LBGs, for different Ly a equivalent widths, observed in the optical (lambda~4500-7000 A) (Shapley et al. 2003)
Line diagnostics and redshift Ha + [NII] Hb + [OIII]5007 [OII]3727 near-IR HeII 1640 Ly a visible
Line diagnostics and redshift Line diagnostics shift towards the near-IR (lambda>1 micron)
Empirical discrimination between AGN/starbursts AGN From Erb et al. 06 Starbursts Ha/[NII] [S II] 87 combined spectra of galaxies at z~2 (~14-15 specta/ mass bin)
Star-formation rate determinations Different calibrations available : UV continuum flux FIR emission H alpha [OII]3727 (Ly alpha) Based on the properties of the integrated population Groves 2005 (Kennicutt 1998, Schaerer 1999, ...)
Star-formation rate determinations (from Schaerer 1999) L(Ha) luminosity IMF IMF UV continuum flux density
Cosmic SFR density Inhomogneous SFR indicators at different redshifts Old paper by Steidel et al. 1999... • H alpha z< 0.5 • [OII]3727 0.5<z<1.5 • continuum UV z > 1.5 Lilly et al. 96 Connolly et al. 97 Madau et al. 96 Steidel et al. 99
Cosmic SFR density Inhomogneous SFR indicators at different redshifts Bouwens et al. 2008 • H alpha z< 0.5 • [OII]3727 0.5<z<1.5 • continuum UV z > 1.5 Lilly et al. 96 Connolly et al. 97 Madau et al. 96 Steidel et al. 99
D'apres Schiminovich et al. 05 HDF GALEX GALEX Dust extinction correction is an issue...
Extragalactic studies in the UV with FI UV (restframe) observations ==> Star Formation activity UV-calibrated Star Formation Rate measurements Lyman alpha properties Metal abundances Extinction UV (SF) – morphology Recent (age<~ 100 Myr) SF history A complete view of star-formation at 0<z<2 (75% of light travel time... ) Calibration in the local universe
HST/STIS 4'' IZw18 A complex Ly a emission in a Local sturburst (Atek et al. 09) Ly alpha emission
Ly alpha emission - Empirical estimate of Ly a escape fraction in a statistically significant sample of z~0-0.3 Lya emitters detected by GALEX (24 galaxies) Atek et al. 2009 A complex Ly a emission in a Local sturburst (Atek et al. 09)
- Emission-line images of local starbursts (Ha, [OIII] and Hb). • - Comparison between Lya, Ha and UV continuum emission 15''x15'' 15''x15'' 5''x5'' 15''x15'' 7.5''x7.5'' Ly a emission From Ostlin et al. 08 15''x15'' The size of local starburst galaxies
Ly alpha/UV emission in distant galaxies Lemoine-Busserolle et al. 2003 Pello et al. 2003 Lensed galaxies : Z = 2.5 1.7 2.7
SED fitting to constrain SFR history, age of stellar population, E(B-V), metallicity Local starbursts AC114-S2 AC114-S2 AC114-S2 Le Borgne et al.
Le Borgne et al. SED fitting to constrain SFR history, age of stellar population, E(B-V), metallicity U B extinction corrected SED V R Metallicity constraints from UV slope β I J K z~1.7 lensed galaxy Ly alpha/UV emission in distant galaxies
Ly alpha emission in distant galaxies Ex.: Schaerer & Verhamme 08, modeling Lyman alpha line in Ms1512 – cB58 (lensed LBG, z~2.7)
The size of high-z star-forming galaxies From Bouwens & Illingworth 09 ~L* galaxies
3 arcsec Z~6 dropouts in the HUDF From Bouwens & Illingworth 09 The size of high-z star-forming galaxies
Z~2.7-3.7 Ly a emitters 2D spectra Lambda ~5000 A 15 arcsec 40 A From Rauch et al. 08 The size of high-z star-forming galaxies
1 arcsec galaxies 0.1 arcsec 0.01 arcsec 0.001 arcsec
1 arcsec galaxies bulges Spiral arms 0.1 arcsec Globular clusters 0.01 arcsec HII regions 0.001 arcsec Paladini et al. 04
Urry & Padovani, (1995) NB region (Teff ~ 60K) Jets θ BH BL region (Teff~ 2000 K, ~0.1-0.01 pc) Obscuring torus (200-800K, ~1-300 pc) Accretion disk (Teff ~ 105 K, ~0.01 pc)
1 arcsec galaxies bulges Spiral arms 0.1 arcsec Globular clusters 0.01 arcsec HII regions AGN obscuring torus 0.001 arcsec AGN accretion disk (~0.01 pc)
Conclusions (I) FI should be able to yield a HR UV (restframe) picture of the local universe. Study of photoionization regions: structure (high dynamics), physics (line diagnostics -stellar, ISM-, stellar populations, ...). UV-calibrated Star Formation Rate measurements UV-calibrated indicators for extragalactic physics in the distant universe (metallicity, age of underlying stellar populations, IMF?, ...) Lyman alpha properties in local starbursts. Scape fraction as a function of relevant parameters ==> High-z universe Unprecedented capability in understanding star-formation processes at HII-region's scale. Understanding co-evolution AGN <===> host galaxy. Nuclear regions of galaxies: looking for AGN signatures in the core region, constraining AGN feedback ...
Conclusions (II) Depending on sensitivity, FI could provide the UV budget of star formation in galaxies from z~0 to z~2 (universe aged of 3.342 Gyr). Understanding the downsizing mechanism at the spatial scale corresponding to a typical HII region up to z~2, and a well suited FOV(ex. FOV(z~1-2)~ is ~70 kpc; FOV(z~0.5)~50 kpc, and ~32 kpc at z~0.3). Lyman alpha emission in details: mechanism and geometry of SF activity Metallicity evolution for different galaxy environments. Other interesting cases requiring high dynamic range: multiple-imaged QSOs (FVO~1-3''); clusters of galaxies (cluster core, AGN feedback, FVO~1-10''). Tentative topic: looking at new-born galaxies at all z. This means looking for PopIII signatures (e.g. HeII1640 line) in (compact/ small/ BCGs) galaxies.
Open questions: • The band-pass is relatively narrow (e.g. ~70A in the UV and ~450A in the near-IR at ~8000A in the imaging mode): ==> Sensitivity issue in the continuum detection (usual BB filters are ~5-10 larger in the UV) ==> For a given configuration, and for a given spectral feature, only a small redshift domain is accessible : dz~0.05(1+z) Ex. In the local universe, for the first UV band, we can reach ~2d(Coma) for a given spectral feature (e.g. Ly a). • The spatial resolution decreases with lambda, i.e. as (1+z) for a given spectral feature ==> In practise, most studies with strong requirements in spatial resolution will be limited to the « nearby » universe (z<1).