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原初H II区的电离锋不稳定性

Ionization Front Instabilities in Primordial H II Regions

Daniel Whalen, Michael L. Norman

摘要:

金属在冲击气体中的辐射冷却介导了今天星系中电离前沿不稳定性的形成,这些不稳定性是星际介质中各种现象的原因,从星云的形态到分子云中的触发恒星形成。早期再电离和星系际介质化学富集的一个重要问题是,这种不稳定性是否出现在第一批恒星和原始星系的H II区域,这些区域没有金属。我们提出了三维数值模拟,揭示了阴影和薄壳不稳定性容易形成的原始气体。我们发现,第三星族恒星的硬紫外光谱扩大了原始电离锋,导致H2的形成能够煽动暴力薄壳层不稳定性的D-型前线,即使在存在强烈的莱曼-维尔纳通量。在没有氢分子冷却的情况下,与氦电离有关的高的后锋面气体温度维持并加剧了阴影的不稳定性。我们的模型表明,金属黯然失色H2冷却在我前面的不稳定性在适度的浓度,从0.001- 0.01太阳能。我们的结论是,电离前沿的不稳定性是突出的第一批恒星和星系的H II区域,影响逃逸的电离辐射和金属进入早期宇宙。

英文摘要:

Radiative cooling by metals in shocked gas mediates the formation of ionization front instabilities in the galaxy today that are responsible for a variety of phenomena in the interstellar medium, from the morphologies of nebulae to triggered star formation in molecular clouds. An important question in early reionization and chemical enrichment of the intergalactic medium is whether such instabilities arose in the H II regions of the first stars and primeval galaxies, which were devoid of metals. We present three-dimensional numerical simulations that reveal both shadow and thin-shell instabilities readily formed in primordial gas. We find that the hard UV spectra of Population III stars broadened primordial ionization fronts, causing H2 formation capable of inciting violent thin- shell instabilities in D-type fronts, even in the presence of intense Lyman-Werner flux. The high post- front gas temperatures associated with He ionization sustained and exacerbated shadow instabilities, unaided by molecular hydrogen cooling. Our models indicate that metals eclipsed H2 cooling in I-front instabilities at modest concentrations, from 0.001- 0.01 solar. We conclude that ionization front instabilities were prominent in the H II regions of the first stars and galaxies, influencing the escape of ionizing radiation and metals into the early universe.

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