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Ranga-Ram Chary, Oct ’08
The First Billion Years of Galaxy EvolutionRanga-Ram Chary
Spitzer Science Center/Planck Data CenterCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Ranga-Ram Chary, Oct ’08
z=1.5
z=6
z=0
z=1000
Colleagues and Collaborators:Asantha Cooray (UCI)Ian Sullivan (Caltech)GOODS team (Earth)Edo Berger (Princeton)Len Cowie (Hawaii)Avi Loeb (Harvard)
z=10
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• What were the first sources that formed ?• Which sources were responsible for reionizing the
Universe?• What was the reionization history of the Universe ?• Did supermassive black holes form in the nucleus of dark
matter halos before stars ?• What was the luminosity function of the first galaxies and
how does that relate to the dark matter halo mass function?• How soon was dust produced in these galaxies ?• What was the initial mass function of stars in the first
galaxies ?• What was the early metal enrichment history ?
Outstanding Questions….
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λ<912Å photon
Need 1 photon to start reionization
Need ~10 photons to maintain ionized hydrogen due to recombinations
Sensitive to:1. Clumpiness of the
gas2. Temperature of the
gas3. Co-moving electron
density
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Constraining Small HI Fractions at z~6
•Fan et al., Becker et al., Djorgovski et al. spectra of Sloan quasars showing the Gunn-Peterson trough•Evidence for N_H~<10-3.5
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WMAP constrains large HI fractions
WMAP 1σ range
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We can consider two reasonable scenarios which fit all existing data
WMAP Tau = 0.084+/-0.016
z<6 contributes ~0.04
So 0.044+/-0.016measures reionization history.
Δz~3; 400 Myr
Δz~9; ~700 Myr
Now lets balance the ionizing photon budget and stay out of debt…….
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Detecting z>5 Galaxies/QSOs: Lyman Break Technique
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What were the sources of reionization ?
Definitely galaxies – QSOs are too few But even galaxies are too fewYan & Windhorst ‘04
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1 deg
A GOODS Field
Cosmic Variance might be a Problem
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Minimum Required Evolution of UV Luminosity Density
Slow
Fast
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Some uncertainty in the faint end slope of the UVLFBut clear evolution in L* between 6 and 7
Solid lines: Required for ReionizationDashed lines: Measured
Data/fits fromBouwens et al. 08
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Predicted Evolution of the UVLF
Slow reionizationEvolving L*
Slow reionizationConstant L* at z>6
Fast reionizationConstant L* at z>6
Fast reionizationEvolving L*
Dark Matter HaloMass Function
Chary & Cooray ‘08
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6 7 10 13 14
6 7 10 13 14 22 23 24
Fast Reionization
Slow Reionization
z Age(Gyr)
6 0.95
7 0.78
10 0.48
13 0.34
14 0.30
22 0.16
But L* has to be fixed at z>7!Otherwise faint end slope is too steep
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In principle, CIB measurements can reveal the difference
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2.2 micron contributions
74%
14%
12% 0%
Zodiacal LightStarsCIRBISM
140 micron contributions
37%
27% 36%
Zodiacal Light
CIRBISM
Unfortunately Sky Background at Infrared Wavelengths is Dominated By Zodiacal Light
CIRB (nW m-2 sr-1) I
2.2: 22.46.03.5: 11.03.3140: 257240: 143
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But to see the action, need the faint galaxies.And to see faint galaxies, need cosmic
explosions which are x1000 brighter than the galaxy.
GRB 050904z=6.295Kawai et al., Haislip et al.
J-band R-band
Can measure gas and metalsin the galaxies.
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Hint of a higher SFR at z~6 from GRB Hosts
Chary, Berger, Cowie, ApJ, 671
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Spitzer/GOODS data on ~60 z>5 Galaxies
IRACch1
IRACch2
ACS z-band
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Spitzer detects about 50% of z>5 objects, mostly the brighter ones
All
Spitzer
HAEs
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See also Yan et al, Bunker et al., Eyles et al., Stark et al.
Massive Galaxies Have Larger Balmer Breaks = Older Stellar Population
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Detecting Hα from IRAC 4.5/3.6 micron ratios – technique works for QSOs
Jiang et al. Sloan QSOs
Flu
x D
ensi
ty
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Old galaxies can reproduce the red color, but not the UV flux
Young galaxies Old galaxies
Mor
e H
α
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Can fit SEDs and calculate SF HistoryDifference is from Hα in emission ?
UV SFR<10 M/yrHα SFR~100 M/yr
Hα EW~0.2μm
Chary et al. 05Hu et al. 02Schaerer et al.
Indirect evidence for AV~1 mag of dust within 1 Gyr of the Big Bang. But jury is out since no mm detection (Combes group).
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Constraints on Reionization if Dust were important
•For the measured star-formation rate and stellar mass density, reionization must be a brief process, lasting 20-50 Myr which happened between z~6-7 = INCONSISTENT WITH WMAP !•If reionization was a longer process starting at z~9, stellar mass density must be higher than measured OR •more ionizing photons per baryon i.e. a top-heavy stellar mass function
ρ*=107 M/Mpc3 ρ*=108 M/Mpc3
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Key parameters:Stellar Initial Mass FunctionAge of starburstMass of starsMetals in stars
Maybe SFR was higher in the past – due to e-folding time of burst or due to dust
Nuisance Parameters:Clumping FactorEscape Fraction
Chary, 2008, ApJ
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Balancing the Ionizing Photon Budget: A Simple Low Mass Cut in the IMF is Insufficient
So, a top-heavy IMF at z>6 seems necessary.Furthermore, dust at high-z has been directly observed in QSOs.
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• What were the first sources that formed ?– Star-forming galaxies with a LF which is similar to the DM halo mass
function
• Which sources were responsible for reionizing the Universe?– Sub-L* star-forming galaxies
• What was the reionization history of the Universe ?– Slow reionization models are preferred where Δz(0.1,0.9)~9
• How soon was dust produced in these galaxies ?– Seems to be within 800 Myr from QSO spectroscopy and candidate
HAEs. Evidence for SN dust ?
• What was the initial mass function of stars in the first galaxies ?– Top-heavy, dN/dM~M-1.6
Conclusions