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高红移类星体吸收谱中的Ly $α$泄漏

Ly$α$ Leaks in the Absorption Spectra of High Redshift QSOs

Jiren Liu, Hongguang Bi, Li-Zhi Fang

摘要:

高红移类星体的光谱在\Lya发射线的蓝边显示出深的Gunn-Peterson吸收。它们可以被分解成称为\Lya泄漏的成分,定义为与零通量吸收间隙互补的发射区域。就像低红移的\Lya吸收森林一样,\Lya泄漏既容易在观测中发现,又包含丰富的统计特性,可以用来研究IGM的早期演化。在泄漏轮廓的所有属性中,本文研究了它的等效宽度,因为它受仪器分辨率和噪声的影响很小。利用10个Keck类星体的$z\sim6$谱,我们测量了数密度分布函数$n(W,z)$,定义为在红移范围$5.4 - 6.0$内,每等效宽度$W$和每红移$z$的泄漏数。这些新的观测统计,在两个微分和累积的形式,适合在$Λ$ CDM宇宙学的均匀电离背景的水文数值模拟。在该模型中,Ly PDMATHAMT泄漏主要是由于低密度空隙。这支持了早期的研究,即$z\simeq6$的IGM仍将处于高度电离状态,氢部分为中性$\simeq 10^{-4}$。在$z>6$处测量$n(W,z)$将有效探测IGM的再电离。

英文摘要:

Spectra of high redshift QSOs show deep Gunn-Peterson absorptions on the blue sides of the \Lya emissions lines. They can be decomposed into components called \Lya leaks, defined to be emissive regions in complementary to otherwise zero-fluxed absorption gaps. Just like \Lya absorption forests at low redshifts, \Lya leaks are both easy to find in observations and containing rich sets of statistical properties that can be used to study the early evolution of the IGM. Among all properties of a leak profile, we investigate its equivalent width in this paper, since it is weakly affected by instrumental resolution and noise. Using 10 Keck QSO spectra at $z\sim6$, we have measured the number density distribution function $n(W,z)$, defined to be the number of leaks per equivalent width $W$ and per redshift $z$, in the redshift range $5.4 - 6.0$. These new observational statistics, in both the differential and cumulative forms, fit well to hydro numerical simulations of uniform ionizing background in the $Λ$CDM cosmology. In this model, Ly $α$ leaks are mainly due to low density voids. It supports the early studies that the IGM at $z\simeq6$ would still be in a highly ionized state with neutral hydrogen fraction $\simeq 10^{-4}$. Measurements of $n(W,z)$ at $z>6$ would be effective to probe the reionization of the IGM.

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