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3D Lya辐射转移。II。Lyman break星系MS 1512- cB58的拟合及其对高z星爆中Lya辐射的影响

3D Lya radiation transfer. II. Fitting the Lyman break galaxy MS 1512-cB58 and implications for Lya emission in high-z starbursts

Daniel Schaerer, Anne Verhamme

摘要:

使用我们的三维Lya辐射传输程序,我们计算了Lya和包括尘埃在内的紫外连续光子的辐射传输。对中性气体的观测限制(柱密度、运动学等)都来自于对这个物体的其他分析。研究结果:本文首次在考虑辐射传输和所有观测约束条件的情况下,再现了MS 1512-cB 58的Lya观测剖面。发现所观察到的吸收曲线自然地由所观察到的灰尘量和相对高的HI柱密度产生。辐射传输效应和尘埃的抑制作用使EW(Lya)>~ 60 Ang的强本征Lya发射转变为观测到的微弱叠加Lya发射峰。我们认为,绝大多数LBG的EW(Lya)在60-80 Angs或更大,造成Lya强度和分布变化的主要物理参数是NH和伴随的尘埃含量变化。观测到的EW(Lya)分布,Lya光度函数,以及相关的数量,因此必须校正辐射传输和尘埃的影响。我们的方案上的占空比的Lya发射器的影响进行了讨论。

英文摘要:

Using our 3D Lya radiation transfer code, we compute the radiation transfer of Lya and UV continuum photons including dust. Observational constraints on the neutral gas (column density, kinematics, etc.) are taken from other analysis of this object. RESULTS: The observed Lya profile of MS 1512--cB58 is reproduced for the first time taking radiation transfer and all observational constraints into account. The observed absorption profile is found to result naturally from the observed amount of dust and the relatively high HI column density. Radiation transfer effects and suppresion by dust transform a strong intrinsic Lya emission with EW(Lya)>~ 60 Ang into the observed faint superposed Lya emission peak. We propose that the vast majority of LBGs have intrinsically EW(Lya)~60-80 Ang or larger, and that the main physical parameter responsible for the observed variety of Lya strengths and profiles in LBGs is N_H and the accompanying variation of the dust content. Observed EW(Lya) distributions, Lya luminosity functions, and related quantities must therefore be corrected for radiation transfer and dust effects. The implications from our scenario on the duty-cycle of Lya emitters are also discussed.

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