Browsing by Author "Bian, Fuyan"

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    A giant protocluster of galaxies at redshift 5.7
    (2018) Jiang, , Linhua; Wu, Jin; Bian, Fuyan; Chiang, Yi-Kuan; Ho, Luis C.; Shen, Yue; Zheng, Zhen Ya; Bailey, John I.; Blanc, Guillermo; Crane, Jeffrey D.; Fan, Xiaohui; Mateo, Mario; Olszewski, Edward W.; Oyarzún, Grecco A.; Wang, Ran; Wu, Xue Bing
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    Discovery of an Enormous Lyalpha Nebula in a Massive Galaxy Overdensity at z=2.3
    (2017) Cai, Zheng; Fan, Xiaohui; Yang, Yujin; Bian, Fuyan; Prochaska, J. Xavier; Zabludoff, Ann; McGreer, Ian; Zheng, Zhen-Ya; Green, Richard; Cantalupo, Sebastiano; Frye, Brenda; Hamden, Erika; Jiang, Linhua; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Wang, Ran
    Enormous Ly alpha nebulae (ELANe), unique tracers of galaxy density peaks, are predicted to lie at the nodes and intersections of cosmic filamentary structures. Previous successful searches for ELANe have focused on wide-field narrowband surveys or have targeted known sources such as ultraluminous quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) or radio galaxies. Utilizing groups of coherently strong Ly alpha absorptions, we have developed a new method to identify high-redshift galaxy overdensities and have identified an extremely massive overdensity, BOSS1441, at z = 2-3. In its density peak, we discover an ELAN that is associated with a relatively faint continuum. To date, this object has the highest diffuse Ly alpha nebular luminosity of L-nebula = 5.1 +/- 0.1 x 10(44) erg s(-1). Above the 2 sigma surface brightness limit of SBLy alpha = 4.8 x 10(-18) erg s(-1) cm(-2) arcsec(-2), this nebula has an end-to-end spatial extent of 442 kpc. This radio-quiet source also has extended C IV lambda 1549 and He II lambda 1640 emission on greater than or similar to 30 kpc scales. Note that the Ly alpha, He II, and C IV emissions all have double-peaked line profiles. Each velocity component has an FWHM of approximate to 700-1000 km s(-1). We argue that this Lya nebula could be powered by shocks due to an active galactic nucleus-driven outflow or photoionization by a strongly obscured source.
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    Ionized Outflows in Nearby Quasars Are Poorly Coupled to Their Host Galaxies
    (2022) Molina, Juan; Ho, Luis C.; Wang, Ran; Shangguan, Jinyi; Bauer, Franz E.; Treister, Ezequiel; Zhuang, Ming-Yang; Ricci, Claudio; Bian, Fuyan
    We analyze Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer observations of nine low-redshift (z < 0.1) Palomar-Green quasar host galaxies to investigate the spatial distribution and kinematics of the warm, ionized interstellar medium, with the goal of searching for and constraining the efficiency of active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback. After separating the bright AGN from the starlight and nebular emission, we use pixel-wise, kpc-scale diagnostics to determine the underlying excitation mechanism of the line emission, and we measure the kinematics of the narrow-line region (NLR) to estimate the physical properties of the ionized outflows. The radial size of the NLR correlates with the AGN luminosity, reaching scales of similar to 5 kpc and beyond. The geometry of the NLR is well-represented by a projected biconical structure, suggesting that the AGN radiation preferably escapes through the ionization cone. We find enhanced velocity dispersions (greater than or similar to 100 km s(-1)) traced by the H alpha emission line in localized zones within the ionization cones. Interpreting these kinematic features as signatures of interaction between an AGN-driven ionized gas outflow and the host galaxy interstellar medium, we derive mass-outflow rates of similar to 0.008-1.6 M (circle dot) yr(-1) and kinetic injection rates of similar to 10(39)-10(42) erg s(-1), which yield extremely low coupling efficiencies of less than or similar to 10(-3). These findings add to the growing body of recent observational evidence that AGN feedback is highly ineffective in the host galaxies of nearby AGNs.
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    Mapping the Most Massive Overdensities through Hydrogen (MAMMOTH). II. Discovery of the Extremely Massive Overdensity BOSS1441 at z=2.32
    (IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2017) Cai, Zheng; Fan, Xiaohui; Bian, Fuyan; Zabludoff, Ann; Yang, Yujin; Prochaska, J. Xavier; McGreer, Ian; Zheng, Zhen Ya; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Wang, Ran; Frye, Brenda; Green, Richard; Jiang, Linhua
    Cosmological simulations suggest a strong correlation between high optical-depth Lya absorbers, which arise from the intergalactic medium, and 3D mass overdensities on scales of 10-30 h(-1) comoving Mpc. By examining the absorption spectra of similar to 80,000 QSO sight lines over a volume of 0.1 Gpc(3) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III), we have identified an extreme overdensity, BOSS1441, which contains a rare group of strong Lya absorbers at z = 2.32 +/- 0.02. This absorber group is associated with six QSOs at the same redshift on a 30 comoving Mpc scale. Using Mayall/MOSAIC narrowband and broadband imaging, we detect Lya emitters (LAEs) down to 0.7 x L-Ly alpha ' * a and reveal a large-scale structure of LAEs in this field. Our follow-up LBT observations have spectroscopically confirmed 20 galaxies in the density peak. We show that BOSS1441 has an LAE overdensity of 10.8 +/- 2.6 on a 15 comoving Mpc scale, which could collapse to a massive cluster with M greater than or similar to 10(15) M-circle dot at z similar to 0. This overdensity is among the most massive large-scale structures at z similar to 2 discovered to date.
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    The Identification of a Dusty Multiarm Spiral Galaxy at z =3.06 with JWST and ALMA
    (2023) Wu, Yunjing; Cai, Zheng; Sun, Fengwu; Bian, Fuyan; Lin, Xiaojing; Li, Zihao; Li, Mingyu; Bauer, Franz E.; Egami, Eiichi; Fan, Xiaohui; Gonzalez-Lopez, Jorge; Li, Jianan; Wang, Feige; Yang, Jinyi; Zhang, Shiwu; Zou, Siwei
    Spiral arms serve crucial purposes in star formation and galaxy evolution. In this paper, we report the identification of "A2744-DSG-z3," a dusty, multiarm spiral galaxy at z = 3.059 using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRISS imaging and grism spectroscopy. A2744-DSG-z3 was discovered as a gravitationally lensed submillimeter galaxy with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). This is the most distant stellar spiral structure seen thus far, consistent with cosmological simulations that suggest z approximate to 3 as the epoch when spirals emerge. Thanks to the gravitational lensing and excellent spatial resolution of JWST, the spiral arms are resolved with a spatial resolution of approximate to 290 pc. Based on spectral energy distribution fitting, the spiral galaxy has a delensed star formation rate of 85 +/- 30 M (circle dot) yr(-1), and a stellar mass of approximate to 10(10.6) M (circle dot), indicating that A2744-DSG-z3 is a main-sequence galaxy. After fitting the spiral arms, we find a stellar effective radius (R (e,star)) of 5.0 +/- 1.5 kpc. Combining with ALMA measurements, we find that the effective radii ratio between dust and stars is approximate to 0.4, similar to those of massive star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at z similar to 2, indicating a compact dusty core in A2744-DSG-z3. Moreover, this galaxy appears to be living in a group environment: including A2744-DSG-z3, at least three galaxies at z = 3.05-3.06 are spectroscopically confirmed by JWST/NIRISS and ALMA, residing within a lensing-corrected projected scale of approximate to 70 kpc. This, along with the asymmetric brightness profile, further suggests that the spiral arms may be triggered by minor-merger events at z greater than or similar to 3.