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亚阻尼Lyman α系统中的多相等离子体:一个隐藏的金属库

Multiphase Plasma in Sub-Damped Lyman Alpha Systems: A Hidden Metal Reservoir

Andrew J Fox, Patrick Petitjean, Cédric Ledoux, Raghunathan Srianand

摘要:

本文给出了类星体Q 0331 -4505(z_qso=2.6785+/-0.0030)附近亚阻尼莱曼α(sub-DLA)系统的VLT/UVES光谱,其z=2.65618。在sub-DLA中看到O I、Si II、Si III、Si IV、C II、C III、C IV、Fe II、Al II和O VI的吸收线,其具有中性氢柱密度log N(H I)=19.82+/-0.05。吸收体的速度为1820+/-250 km/s,但是,它的金属丰度[O/H]=-1.64+/-0.07,缺乏部分覆盖,在2003年和2006年的观测之间缺乏时间变化,并且没有检测到N V,这意味着吸收体不是一个真正的内禀系统。通过测量的O VI列密度,并假设在中性和电离气体中的金属含量相等,我们确定了热电离氢在这个子DLA的列密度,并在其他两个子DLA与O VI从文献中得出。将其与亚DLAs中的热电离氢的典型量的测定相结合,我们确认亚DLAs是比DLAs更重要的金属储集层,在z~2.5处总共包括至少6-22%的金属预算。

英文摘要:

We present a VLT/UVES spectrum of a proximate sub-damped Lyman-alpha (sub-DLA) system at z=2.65618 toward the quasar Q0331-4505 (z_qso=2.6785+/-0.0030). Absorption lines of O I, Si II, Si III, Si IV, C II, C III, C IV, Fe II, Al II, and O VI are seen in the sub-DLA, which has a neutral hydrogen column density log N(H I)=19.82+/-0.05. The absorber is at a velocity of 1820+/-250 km/s from the quasar; however, its low metallicity [O/H]=-1.64+/-0.07, lack of partial coverage, lack of temporal variations between observations taken in 2003 and 2006, and non-detection of N V imply the absorber is not a genuine intrinsic system. By measuring the O VI column density and assuming equal metallicities in the neutral and ionized gas, we determine the column density of hot ionized hydrogen in this sub-DLA, and in two other sub-DLAs with O VI drawn from the literature. Coupling this with determinations of the typical amount of warm ionized hydrogen in sub-DLAs, we confirm that sub-DLAs are a more important metal reservoir than DLAs, in total comprising at least 6-22% of the metal budget at z~2.5.

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