J-PLUS Ly{alpha}-emitting candidates Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Spinoso D.
  2. Orsi A.
  3. Lopez-Sanjuan C.
  4. Bonoli S.
  5. Viironen K.,Izquierdo-Villalba D.
  6. Sobral D.
  7. Gurung-Lopez S.
  8. Hernan-Caballero A.,Ederoclite A.
  9. Varela J.
  10. Overzier R.
  11. Miralda-Escude J.
  12. Muniesa D.J.,Vilchez J.M.
  13. Alcaniz J.
  14. Angulo R.E.
  15. Cenarro A.J.
  16. Cristobal-Hornillos D.,Dupke R.A.
  17. Hernandez-Monteagudo C.
  18. Marin-Franch A.
  19. Moles M.
  20. Sodre L.Jr,Vazquez-Ramio H.
  21. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the photometric determination of the bright-end of the Ly{alpha} luminosity function (at L_Ly{alpha}_>~10^43.5^erg/s) within four redshifts windows ({Delta}z<0.16) in the interval 2.2<~z<~3.3. Our work is based on the Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey (J-PLUS) first data-release, which provides multiple narrow-band measurements over ~1000deg^2^, with limiting magnitude ~22. Theanalysis of high-z Ly{alpha}-emitting sources over such a wide area is unprecedented, and allows to select a total of ~14500 hyper-bright(L_Ly{alpha}_>10^43.3^erg/s) Ly{alpha}-emitting candidates. We test our selection with two spectroscopic follow-up programs at the GTC telescope,which confirm as line-emitting sources ~89% of the targets, with ~64% being genuine z~2.2 QSOs. We extend the 2.2<~z<~3.3 Ly{alpha} luminosity function for the first time above L_Ly{alpha}_~10^44^erg/s and down to densities of ~10^-8^Mpc^-3^. Our results unveil with high detail the Schechter exponential-decay of the brightest-end of the Ly{alpha} LF, complementing the power-law component of previous LF determinations at 43.3<~Log10(L_Ly{alpha}_/(erg/s))<~44. We measure {PHI}*=(3.33+/-0.19)x10^-6^, Log(L*)=44.65+/-0.65 and {alpha}=-1.35+/-0.84 as an average over the redshifts we probe. These values are significantly different than the typical Schechter parameters measured for the Ly{alpha} LF of high-z star-forming LAEs. This suggests that z>2 AGN/QSOs (likely dominant in our samples) are described by a structurally different LF than z>2 star-forming LAEs, namely with L*_QSOs_~100 L*_LAEs_ and {PHI}*_QSOs_~10^-3^{PHI}*_LAEs_. Finally, our method identifies very efficiently as high-z line-emitters sources without previous spectroscopic confirmation, currently classified as stars (~2000 objects in each redshift bin, on average). Assuming a large predominance of Ly{alpha}-emitting AGN/QSOs in our samples, this supports the scenario by which these are the most abundant class of z>~2 Ly{alpha} emitters at L_Ly{alpha}_>~10^43.3^erg/s.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. catalogs
  3. ultraviolet-astronomy
  4. line-intensities
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2020A&A...643A.149S
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.36430149

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History

2020-11-17T06:00:38Z
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2020-11-17T06:00:38Z
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