Bibcode
Pérez-Martínez, Jose Manuel; Dannerbauer, Helmut; Koyama, Yusei; Pérez-González, Pablo G.; Shimakawa, Rhythm; Kodama, Tadayuki; Zhang, Yuheng; Daikuhara, Kazuki; D'Eugenio, Chiara; Naufal, Abdurrahman
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal
Fecha de publicación:
12
2024
Revista
Número de citas
3
Número de citas referidas
2
Descripción
We combine JWST/NIRCam and Subaru/MOIRCS dual Paβ+Hα narrowband imaging to trace the dust attenuation and the star formation activities of a sample of 43 Hα emitters at the core of one of the most massive and best-studied clusters in formation at the cosmic noon: the Spiderweb protocluster at z = 2.16. We find that most Hα emitters display Paβ/Hα ratios compatible with Case B recombination conditions, which translates into nebular extinction values ranging at AV ≈ 0–3 mag, and dust corrected Paβ star formation rates consistent with coeval main sequence field galaxies at fixed stellar mass ( ) during this cosmic epoch. Furthermore, we investigate possible environmental impacts on dust extinction across the protocluster large-scale structure and find no correlation between the dustiness of its members and environmental proxies such as phase-space position, clustercentric radius, or local density. These results support the scenario for which dust production within the main galaxy population of this protocluster is driven by secular star formation activities fueled by smooth gas accretion across its large-scale structure. This downplays the role of gravitational interactions in boosting star formation and dust production within the Spiderweb protocluster, in contrast with observations in higher redshift and less evolved protocluster cores.
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