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ODIN:描述 z=3.1 处两个原型簇复杂体的三维结构

星系天体物理 2025-11-25 v2

摘要

我们对两个位于 z=3.1 处的大型原型簇关联体的三维形态进行了详尽研究。这些原型簇'复杂体',分别称为 COSMOS-z3.1-A 和 COSMOS-z3.1-C,是在 COSMOS 场域中由 ODIN(One-hundred-deg2^2 DECam Imaging in Narrowbands)调查确认的最显著的 z=3.1 Lyα\alpha 发射体(LAE)过密区。这些原型簇复杂体已通过来自 Keck、Gemini 和 DESI 的广泛光谱观测进行跟踪。我们采用一种概率方法,将光谱确认的 LAE 与光度选中取的 LAE 结合起来,在约 50 cMpc 的尺度上重构了这些复杂体的三维结构。我们通过利用 IllustrisTNG300-1 余弦流体力学模拟验证了重构方法,并显示其在仅依赖光谱数据的方法中表现一致优于。得到的三维图景显示,两个复杂体都是不规则且沿单个轴伸展的,这强调了视线对结构形态感知的影响。两个复杂体由多个密度峰构成,COSMOS-z3.1-A 有十个,COSMOS-z3.1-C 有四个。前者已确认为原型超星系团,类似于 {\it Hyperion} 在 z=2.4 处,但是在更早的时代观察。两个密度峰的核心连接着多个'尾部',可能代表着喂入这些高度过密区域的宇宙星系。三维重构进一步提供了强有力的证据表明,Lyα\alpha 柱倾向于位于最高密度区域的外缘。密度峰的后代质量估计表明,COSMOS-z3.1-A 和 COSMOS-z3.1-C 将在 z=0 时演化为超大质量结构,其总质量 log(M/M)15.3\log(M/M_\odot) \gtrsim 15.3,超过了 Coma 星团。

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引用

@article{arxiv.2511.11826,
  title  = {ODIN: Characterizing the Three-dimensional Structure of Two Protocluster Complexes at $z = 3.1$},
  author = {Vandana Ramakrishnan and Ashley Ortiz and Byeongha Moon and Eunsoo Jun and David Schlegel and Kyoung-Soo Lee and Jessica Nicole Aguilar and Maria Celeste Artale and David Brooks and Maria Candela Cerdosino and Robin Ciardullo and Todd Claybaugh and Andrei Cuceu and Axel de la Macorra and Arjun Dey and Nicole M. Firestone and Andreu Font-Ribera and Jaime E. Forero-Romero and Eric Gawiser and Enrique Gaztañaga and Caryl Gronwall and Lucia Guaita and Gaston Gutierrez and Sungryong Hong and Ho Seong Hwang and Sang Hyeok Im and Paulina Troncoso Iribarren and Woong-Seob Jeong and Dick Joyce and Ankit Kumar and Claire Lamman and Martin Landriau and Seong-Kook Lee and Jaehyun Lee and Aaron Meisner and Ramon Miquel and John Moustakas and Seshadri Nadathur and Gautam Nagaraj and Julie Nantais and Nelson Padilla and Changbom Park and Will Percival and Francisco Prada and Ignasi Pérez-Ràfols and Graziano Rossi and Eusebio Sanchez and Joseph Harry Silber and Hyunmi Song and David Sprayberry and Gregory Tarlé and Francisco Valdes and Yujin Yang and Ann Zabludoff and Hu Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.11826},
  year   = {2025}
}

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28 pages, 15 figures, submitted to ApJ. Website hosting interactive 3D visualizations now available and linked in the manuscript