FirstLight III: rest-frame UV-optical spectral energy distributions of simulated galaxies at cosmic dawn

Using the FirstLight database of 300 zoom-in cosmological simulations we provide rest-frame UV-optical spectral energy distributions of galaxies with complex star-formation histories that are coupled to the non-uniform gas accretion history of galactic halos during cosmic dawn. The population at any...

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Hauptverfasser: Ceverino, Daniel (VerfasserIn) , Klessen, Ralf S. (VerfasserIn) , Glover, Simon (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal) Kapitel/Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 8 Jan 2019
In: Arxiv

Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://arxiv.org/abs/1810.09754
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Verfasserangaben:Daniel Ceverino, Ralf Klessen, Simon C.O. Glover
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Zusammenfassung:Using the FirstLight database of 300 zoom-in cosmological simulations we provide rest-frame UV-optical spectral energy distributions of galaxies with complex star-formation histories that are coupled to the non-uniform gas accretion history of galactic halos during cosmic dawn. The population at any redshift is very diverse ranging from starbursts to quiescent galaxies even at a fixed stellar mass. This drives a redshift-dependent relation between UV luminosity and stellar mass with a large scatter, driven by the specific star formation rate. The UV slope and the production efficiency of Lyman continuum photons have high values, consistent with dust-corrected observations. This indicates young stellar populations with low metallicities. The FirstLight simulations make predictions on the rest-frame UV-optical absolute magnitudes, colors and optical emission lines of galaxies at z=6-12 that will be observed for the first time with JWST and the next generation of telescopes in the coming decade.
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