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Spatially-resolved Hα and ionizing photon production efficiency in the lensed galaxy MACS1149-JD1 at a redshift of 9.11

Published inAstronomy & astrophysics, vol. 686, A85
Publication date2024-06
First online date2024-05-31
Abstract

We present MIRI/JWST medium-resolution spectroscopy (MRS) and imaging (MIRIM) of the lensed galaxy MACS1149-JD1 at a redshift of $z$=9.1092$\pm$0.0002 (Universe age about 530 Myr). We detect, for the first time, spatially resolved H$α$ emission in a galaxy at a redshift above nine. The structure of the H$α$ emitting gas consists of two clumps, S and N. The total H$α$ luminosity implies an instantaneous star-formation of 5.3$\pm$0.4 $M_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$ for solar metallicities. The ionizing photon production efficiency, $\log(ζ_\mathrm{ion})$, shows a spatially resolved structure with values of 25.55$\pm$0.03, 25.47$\pm$0.03, and 25.91$\pm$0.09 Hz erg$^{-1}$ for the integrated galaxy, and clumps S and N, respectively. The H$α$ rest-frame equivalent width, EW$_{0}$(H$α$), is 726$^{+660}_{-182}$ Ángstrom for the integrated galaxy, but presents extreme values of 531$^{+300}_{-96}$ Ángstrom and $\geq$1951 Ángstrom for clumps S and N, respectively. The spatially resolved ionizing photon production efficiency is within the range of values measured in galaxies at redshift above six, and well above the canonical value (25.2$\pm$0.1 Hz erg$^{-1}$). The extreme difference of EW$_{0}$(H$α$) for Clumps S and N indicates the presence of a recent (<5 Myrs) burst in clump N and a star formation over a larger period of time (e.g., $\sim$50 Myr) in clump S. Finally, clump S and N show very different H$α$ kinematics with velocity dispersions of 56$\pm$4 km s$^{-1}$ and 113$\pm$33 km s$^{-1}$, likely indicating the presence of outflows or increased turbulence in the clump N. The dynamical mass, $M_\mathrm{dyn}$= (2.4$\pm$0.5)$\times$10$^{9}$ $M_{\odot}$, is within the range measured with the spatially resolved [OIII]88$μ$m line.

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  • Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
  • FOS: Physical sciences
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ÁLVAREZ-MÁRQUEZ, J. et al. Spatially-resolved Hα and ionizing photon production efficiency in the lensed galaxy MACS1149-JD1 at a redshift of 9.11. In: Astronomy & astrophysics, 2024, vol. 686, p. A85. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347946
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