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z=0.9-1.9时的重子密度--追踪具有宽莱曼α吸收的温热星系际介质

The baryon density at z=0.9-1.9 - Tracing the warm-hot intergalactic medium with broad Lyman alpha absorption

N. Prause, D. Reimers, C. Fechner, E. Janknecht

摘要:

我们提出了一个分析的莱曼α森林的类星体光谱在近紫外。本文研究了中等红移区间(0.9 < z < 1.9)的星系际介质的性质。本文追踪了漫光电离星系际介质和温热星系际介质中重子的数量,得到了星系际气体不同相态红移演化的限制条件。在局域流体静力平衡的假设下,用光电离计算确定了扩散IGM的重子密度。我们假设气体是由具有Haardt & Madau(2001)光谱的超星系背景辐射电离的。WHIM用宽莱曼α(BLA)吸收进行跟踪。一些BLA检测的性质进行了研究。在碰撞电离平衡的假设下,重子密度的下限可以被估计。结果表明,在红移1 < z < 2处,漫射光电离IGM至少包含25%的重子物质。对于WHIM,可以确定2.4%的下限。此外,数据表明星系际气体处于z=1.5的演化状态。我们确认,相当大一部分WHIM是在z=1和z=2之间产生的。

英文摘要:

We present an analysis of the Lyman alpha forests of five quasar spectra in the near UV. Properties of the intergalactic medium (IGM) at an intermediate redshift interval (0.9 < z < 1.9) are studied. The amount of baryons in the diffuse photoionised IGM and the warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) are traced to get constraints on the redshift evolution of the different phases of the intergalactic gas. The baryon density of the diffuse IGM is determined with photoionisation calculations under the assumption of local hydrostatic equilibrium. We assume that the gas is ionised by a metagalactic background radiation with a Haardt & Madau (2001) spectrum. The WHIM is traced with broad Lyman alpha (BLA) absorption. The properties of a number of BLA detections are studied. Under the assumption of collisional ionisation equilibrium a lower limit to the baryon density could be estimated. It is found that the diffuse photoionised IGM contains at least 25% of the total baryonic matter at redshifts 1 < z < 2. For the WHIM a lower limit of 2.4% could be determined. Furthermore the data indicates that the intergalactic gas is in a state of evolution at z=1.5. We confirm that a considerable part of the WHIM is created between z=1 and z=2.

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