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用伽马射线暴吸收谱测试再电离

Testing Reionization with Gamma Ray Burst Absorption Spectra

S. Gallerani, R. Salvaterra, A. Ferrara, T. Roy Choudhury

摘要:

本文提出利用高红移伽马射线暴(GRB)余辉的吸收谱研究宇宙再电离。我们发现,在伽玛射线暴吸收光谱的黑暗部分(差距)的统计表示精致的工具,区分不同的再电离模型。然后,我们计算在给定的宽度范围[Wmax,Wmax + dW]内,在红移6.3 < z < 6.7的爆发余辉的通量阈值Fth下找到最大能隙的概率。我们表明,不同的再电离方案填充(Wmax,Fth)平面以非常不同的方式,允许区分不同的再电离历史。我们在这里提供了有用的图表,允许观测和模型结果之间的非常简单和直接的比较。最后,我们将我们的方法应用到GRB 050904检测到z = 6.29。我们发现,这次爆发的观测结果非常有利于再电离模型,该模型预测z~6处存在高度电离的星系际介质,沿GRB 050904的视线,估计平均中性氢分数xHI = 6.4 \pm 0.3 \times 10^-5。

英文摘要:

We propose to study cosmic reionization using absorption line spectra of high-redshift Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) afterglows. We show that the statistics of the dark portions (gaps) in GRB absorption spectra represent exquisite tools to discriminate among different reionization models. We then compute the probability to find the largest gap in a given width range [Wmax, Wmax + dW] at a flux threshold Fth for burst afterglows at redshifts 6.3 < z < 6.7. We show that different reionization scenarios populate the (Wmax, Fth) plane in a very different way, allowing to distinguish among different reionization histories. We provide here useful plots that allow a very simple and direct comparison between observations and model results. Finally, we apply our methods to GRB 050904 detected at z = 6.29. We show that the observation of this burst strongly favors reionization models which predict a highly ionized intergalactic medium at z~6, with an estimated mean neutral hydrogen fraction xHI = 6.4 \pm 0.3 \times 10^-5 along the line of sight towards GRB 050904.

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