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观测到的金属系统的统计特性和再电离问题

Statistical characteristics of the observed metal systems and problems of reionization

M. Demiański, A. G. Doroshkevich

摘要:

我们分析了Boksenberg,Sargent和Rauch(2003)在9个类星体的高分辨率光谱中观测到的大约200个金属系统的基本性质。测得的氢和碳线的多普勒参数被发现是不同的一个因素$\sim\sqrt{m_C/ m_H}$,这表明占主导地位的热加宽和高程度的松弛大多数所观察到的金属系统。金属系统的平均分离的分析证实,它们可以位于区域与典型的适当大小$R_{cl}\sim 0.1 - 0.25h^{-1}$ Mpc对应的重子质量$M_b\approx 10^9-10^{10}M_\odot$的原星系的典型大小。在红移$z=3 - 6$处观测到的IGM和星系内的金属丰度非常相似,这表明年轻星系与IGM之间存在强相互作用,以及宿主星系的矮卫星星系在这种相互作用中的重要作用。另一方面,这种金属丰度可以被认为是任何恒星内核反应的整体度量,这反过来又限制了恒星对电离紫外背景产生的贡献。目前对这些丰度的估计表明,试图将宇宙的再电离解释为金属合成过程的副产品是有问题的,似乎需要未观测到的和/或非热紫外源的重大贡献。

英文摘要:

We analyze basic properties of about 200 metal systems observed in high resolution spectra of 9 quasars by Boksenberg, Sargent & Rauch (2003). The measured Doppler parameters for the hydrogen and carbon lines are found to be different by a factor $\sim\sqrt{m_C/ m_H}$ what indicates the domination of the thermal broadening and high degree of relaxation for majority of the observed metal systems. The analysis of the mean separation of the metal systems confirms that they can be located in regions with the typical proper size $R_{cl}\sim 0.1 - 0.25h^{-1}$ Mpc what corresponds to the typical sizes of protogalaxies with the baryonic masses $M_b\approx 10^9-10^{10}M_\odot$. The metal abundances observed at redshifts $z=3 - 6$ within both IGM and galaxies are found to be quite similar to each other what indicates the strong interaction of young galaxies with the IGM and the important role of dwarf satellites of host galaxies in such interaction. On the other hand, this metal abundance can be considered as the integral measure of nuclear reactions within any stars what in turn restricts the contribution of the stars to the creation of ionizing UV background. Available now estimates of these abundances demonstrate that attempts to explain the reionization of the Universe as a byproduct of the process of synthesis of metals only are problematic and a significant contribution of unobserved and/or non thermal UV sources seems to be required.

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