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z=0.4至z=2的MgII吸收剂的透镜效应、红化效应和消光效应

Lensing, reddening and extinction effects of MgII absorbers from z=0.4 to z=2

Brice Ménard, Daniel Nestor, David Turnshek, Anna Quider, Gordon Richards, Doron Chelouche, Sandhya Rao, ;

摘要:

利用SDSS DR 4数据集中检测到的近7000个强MgII吸收体(0.4 < z < 2.2)样本,我们研究了它们对背景类星体的引力透镜和尘埃消光效应。在仔细量化几个选择偏差后,我们分离出作为红移和吸收体静止等效宽度W_0的函数的红化效应。我们发现尘埃的数量随着宇宙时间的增加为(1+z)^(-1.1 +/-0.4),遵循宇宙恒星密度或综合恒星形成率的演化。我们在E(B-V)中测量了30倍以上的红化效应,发现尘柱密度与W_0^(1.9 +/- 0.2)成正比,这为金属吸收体的理论建模提供了重要的标度。我们还测量了尘埃与金属的比例,发现它与银河系相似。与以前的研究相比,我们没有检测到任何引力放大的MgII系统。我们测量了上限μ<1.10,并讨论了差异的来源。最后,我们估计了由于消光效应而错过的吸收体的分数,并且表明在1<W_0<6埃的范围内,它从1%上升到50%。我们参数化这种影响,并提供了一个恢复的吸收体休息等效宽度的本征分布的校正。

英文摘要:

Using a sample of almost 7000 strong MgII absorbers with 0.4 < z < 2.2 detected in the SDSS DR4 dataset, we investigate the gravitational lensing and dust extinction effects they induce on background quasars. After carefully quantifying several selection biases, we isolate the reddening effects as a function of redshift and absorber rest equivalent width, W_0. We find the amount of dust to increase with cosmic time as (1+z)^(-1.1 +/- 0.4), following the evolution of cosmic star density or integrated star formation rate. We measure the reddening effects over a factor 30 in E(B-V) and we find the dust column density to be proportional to W_0^(1.9 +/- 0.2), which provides an important scaling for theoretical modeling of metal absorbers. We also measure the dust-to-metals ratio and find it similar to that of the Milky Way. In contrast to previous studies, we do not detect any gravitational magnification by MgII systems. We measure the upper limit μ<1.10 and discuss the origin of the discrepancy. Finally, we estimate the fraction of absorbers missed due to extinction effects and show that it rises from 1 to 50% in the range 1<W_0<6 Angstrom. We parametrize this effect and provide a correction for recovering the intrinsic distribution of absorber rest equivalent widths.

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