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Unveiling Lyman Continuum photon escape mechanisms of local galaxies with SOFIA

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K22358
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0204:Astronomy, earth and planetary science, and related fields
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

Hashimoto Takuya  筑波大学, 数理物質系, 助教 (40870887)

Project Period (FY) 2020-09-11 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords赤外線天文学 / 銀河形成進化 / 近傍銀河 / 電離光子 / SOFIA / 天文学 / 宇宙再電離
Outline of Research at the Start

宇宙再電離とは, 宇宙誕生後およそ2-10 億年に起きた現象で, 宇宙空間の中性状態から電離状態への相転移現象を指す。主に初代天体が放射する電離光子によって引き起こされたと考えられているが, 十分な理解に至っていない。
近年, アルマ望遠鏡による超遠方銀河の観測から, 超遠方銀河が遠赤外線の微細構造輝線である炭素輝線 ([CII]158um)に対して相対的に強い酸素の輝線([OIII]88um)を放つことが明らかになった。超遠方銀河の電離光子脱出率が高いことが示唆される。本研究では, 近傍宇宙に存在する銀河を駆使し, 初めて電離光子脱出率の測定値と遠赤外線の光学特性の関係を明らかにする。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The goal of this study was to make an observational connection between the far-infrared emission line luminosity ratio ([OIII]88μm/[CII]158μm) of galaxies and the physics of ionized photon escape. Far-infrared data of nearby galaxies were obtained by the principal investigator using the SOFIA telescope. By combining the data with archival data of nearby galaxies as well, we have identified the characteristics of objects with high [OIII]88μm/[CII]158μm. Furthermore, we succeeded in deriving an empirical law linking the luminosity ratio to the ionizing photon escape rate, and applied it to distant galaxies. We showed that distant galaxies were prone to cosmic reionization. The paper was accepted and later published (Ura & Hashimoto et al. 2023 ApJ).

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

宇宙再電離現象とは、宇宙誕生後およそ2-10億年に起きた宇宙空間の最後の相転移を指す。未解明な部分が多く、現代天文学におけるフロンティアの一つである。とくに重要な課題の一つが、遠方銀河の電離光子脱出率の推定である。これは測定自体が難しいため、従来の研究では、銀河の紫外線や可視光の光学特性と電離光子脱出率を結びつける試みが主流であった。本研究では、近年のALMA望遠鏡の成果を時宜よく鑑みて、遠赤外線の特性と電離光子脱出率の関係に着目した点で学術的意義が高い。本研究の成果は、今後、ALMAやJWSTを用いた遠方銀河の研究成果を解釈する上で、土台になると期待される。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (6 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] SOFIA Science Center (USRA)(米国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ストックホルム大学/ウプサラ大学(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] オスカークラインセンター(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ユニバーシティカレッジロンドン(英国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] SOFIA Science Center (USRA)(米国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ウプサラ大学/ストックホルム大学(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Detections of [C ii] 158 μm and [O iii] 88 μm in a Local Lyman Continuum Emitter, Mrk 54, and Its Implications to High-redshift ALMA Studies*2023

    • Author(s)
      Ura Ryota、Hashimoto Takuya、Inoue Akio K.、Fadda Dario、Hayes Matthew、Puschnig Johannes、Zackrisson Erik、Tamura Yoichi、Matsuo Hiroshi、Mawatari Ken、Fudamoto Yoshinobu、Hagimoto Masato、Kuno Nario、Sugahara Yuma、Yamanaka Satoshi、C. Bakx Tom J. L.、Nakazato Yurina、Usui Mitsutaka、Yajima Hidenobu、Yoshida Naoki
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 948 Issue: 1 Pages: 3-3

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/acc530

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Updated Measurements of [O iii] 88 μm, [C ii] 158 μm, and Dust Continuum Emission from a z = 7.2 Galaxy2023

    • Author(s)
      Ren Yi W.、Fudamoto Yoshinobu、Inoue Akio K.、Sugahara Yuma、Tokuoka Tsuyoshi、Tamura Yoichi、Matsuo Hiroshi、Kohno Kotaro、Umehata Hideki、Hashimoto Takuya、Bouwens Rychard J.、Smit Renske、Kashikawa Nobunari、Okamoto Takashi、Shibuya Takatoshi、Shimizu Ikkoh
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 945 Issue: 1 Pages: 69-69

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/acb8ab

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] ALMA Reveals Extended Cool Gas and Hot Ionized Outflows in a Typical Star-forming Galaxy at Z = 7.132022

    • Author(s)
      Akins Hollis B.、Fujimoto Seiji、Finlator Kristian、Watson Darach、Knudsen Kirsten K.、Richard Johan、C. Bakx Tom J. L.、Hashimoto Takuya、Inoue Akio K.、Matsuo Hiroshi、Micha?owski Micha? J.、Tamura Yoichi
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 934 Issue: 1 Pages: 64-64

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ac795b

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Bridging Optical and Far-infrared Emission-line Diagrams of Galaxies from Local to the Epoch of Reionization: Characteristic High [O iii] 88 μm/SFR at z > 62022

    • Author(s)
      Sugahara Yuma、Inoue Akio K.、Fudamoto Yoshinobu、Hashimoto Takuya、Harikane Yuichi、Yamanaka Satoshi
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 935 Issue: 2 Pages: 119-119

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ac7fed

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Possible Systematic Rotation in the Mature Stellar Population of a z = 9.1 Galaxy2022

    • Author(s)
      Tokuoka Tsuyoshi、Inoue Akio K.、Hashimoto Takuya、Ellis Richard S.、Laporte Nicolas、Sugahara Yuma、Matsuo Hiroshi、Tamura Yoichi、Fudamoto Yoshinobu、Moriwaki Kana、Roberts-Borsani Guido、Shimizu Ikkoh、Yamanaka Satoshi、Yoshida Naoki、Zackrisson Erik、Zheng Wei
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal Letters

      Volume: 933 Issue: 1 Pages: L19-L19

    • DOI

      10.3847/2041-8213/ac7447

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Big Three Dragons: A [N ii] 122 μm Constraint and New Dust-continuum Detection of a z = 7.15 Bright Lyman-break Galaxy with ALMA2021

    • Author(s)
      Sugahara Yuma、Inoue Akio K.、Hashimoto Takuya、Yamanaka Satoshi、Fujimoto Seiji、Tamura Yoichi、Matsuo Hiroshi、Binggeli Christian、Zackrisson Erik
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 923 Issue: 1 Pages: 5-5

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ac2a36

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 電離光子放射天体 Mrk54 における [O iii] 88 um と [C ii] 158 um の検出とそ の意味-高赤方偏移 ALMA 研究への示唆 II2023

    • Author(s)
      浦遼太
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2023年春季年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] JWST-ALMA synergy I: 偏移7.88における極密度環境の同定2023

    • Author(s)
      橋本拓也
    • Organizer
      宇宙電波懇談会シンポジウム2022年度
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] JWST observations of ALMA [O iii] 88 um emitters in the epoch of reionization2023

    • Author(s)
      橋本拓也
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2023年春季年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 遠方銀河で観測された高い[O iii] 88 um/[C ii] 158 um光度比の原因-近傍銀 河からの示唆2022

    • Author(s)
      浦遼太
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2022年秋季年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] JWST observations of ALMA [OIII] 88 μm emitters in the epoch of reionization2022

    • Author(s)
      橋本拓也
    • Organizer
      IAU symposium #377 Early Disk-Galaxy Formation from JWST to the Milky Way
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Remarks] Takuya Hashimoto

    • URL

      http://thashimoto.weebly.com/

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report 2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-09-29   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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