Extended star-forming region within galaxies in a dense proto-cluster core at z=2.53

Abstract

At $z\sim 2$, star-formation activity is thought to be high even in high-density environments such as galaxy clusters and proto-clusters. One of the critical but outstanding issues is if structural growth of star-forming galaxies can differ depending on their surrounding environments. In order to investigate how galaxies grow their structures and what physical processes are involved in the evolution of galaxies, one requires spatially resolved images of not only stellar components but also star-forming regions within galaxies. We conducted the Adaptive Optics(AO)-assisted imaging observations for star-forming galaxies in a dense proto-cluster core at $z=2.53$ with IRCS and AO188 mounted on the Subaru Telescope. A combination of AO and narrow-band filters allows us to obtain resolved maps of H$\alpha$-emitting regions with an angular resolution of 0.1--0.2~arcsec, which corresponds to $\sim 1$ kpc at $z\sim 2.5$. Based on stacking analyses, we compare radial profiles of star-forming regions and stellar components and find that the star-forming region of a sub-sample with $\log ({\mathrm{M}}_{\ast }/{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot })\sim 10-11$ is more extended than the stellar component, indicating the inside-out growth of the structure. This trend is similar to the one for star-forming galaxies in general fields at $z=2-2.5$ obtained with the same observational technique. Our results suggest that the structural evolution of star-forming galaxies at $z=2-2.5$ is mainly driven by internal secular processes irrespective of surrounding environments.

13 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, Accepted for publication in PASJ

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