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z ~ 1.7弱Mg II吸收系统中的超太阳金属丰度

Super-Solar Metallicity in Weak Mg II Absorption Systems at z ~ 1.7

Toru Misawa, Jane C. Charlton, Anand Narayanan

摘要:

通过光电离模拟,导出了三个z ~ 1.7单云弱Mg Ⅱ系统(W_r(2796)< 0.3A)的物理条件约束。我们从ESO VLT/UVES档案中获得的三个类星体HE 0141 -3932、HE 0429 -4091和HE 2243 -6031的高分辨率R = 45,000和高信噪比光谱提供了限制。结果如下:(1)三个z ~ 1.7系统中的单云弱Mg Ⅱ吸收是由电离参数为-3.8 < logU < -2.0和1-100 pc的云产生的。(2)除了低电离相Mg II云外,所有系统都需要在Mg II组件的100 km/s范围内增加1-3个高电离相C IV云。CIV相的电离参数范围为-1.9 < logU <-1.0,大小为几十秒差距至千秒差距。(3)三个单云弱Mg II吸收剂中的两个具有近太阳或超太阳金属丰度,如果我们假设太阳丰度模式。虽然这样大的金属丰度已经发现z < 1弱Mg II吸收体,这些是第一个高的金属丰度推导出这样的系统在更高的红移。(4)三个弱Mg II系统中的两个还需要额外的低金属量、宽的Lya吸收线,从金属线吸收的速度偏移,以再现完整的Lya轮廓。(5)在z ~ 1.7处,单云弱Mg II系统的金属丰度比阻尼Lya系统的金属丰度大一个数量级以上。事实上,似乎是一个逐渐减少的金属丰度增加N(HI),从这些,最富金属的Lya森林云,莱曼限制系统,子DLAs,最后的DLAs。

英文摘要:

Through photoionization modeling, constraints on the physical conditions of three z ~ 1.7 single-cloud weak Mg II systems (W_r(2796) < 0.3A) are derived. Constraints are provided by high resolution R = 45,000, high signal-to-noise spectra of the three quasars HE0141-3932, HE0429-4091, and HE2243-6031 which we have obtained from the ESO archive of VLT/UVES. Results are as follows: (1) The single-cloud weak Mg II absorption in the three z ~ 1.7 systems is produced by clouds with ionization parameters of -3.8 < logU < -2.0 and sizes of 1-100 pc. (2) In addition to the low-ionization phase Mg II clouds, all systems need an additional 1-3 high-ionization phase C IV clouds within 100 km/s of the Mg II component. The ionization parameters of the C IV phases range from -1.9 < logU < -1.0, with sizes of tens of parsecs to kiloparsecs. (3) Two of the three single-cloud weak Mg II absorbers have near-solar or super-solar metallicities, if we assume a solar abundance pattern. Although such large metallicities have been found for z < 1 weak Mg II absorbers, these are the first high metallicities derived for such systems at higher redshifts. (4) Two of the three weak Mg II systems also need additional low-metallicity, broad Lya absorption lines, offset in velocity from the metal-line absorption, in order to reproduce the full Lya profile. (5) Metallicity in single-cloud weak Mg II systems are more than an order of magnitude larger than those in Damped Lya systems at z ~ 1.7. In fact, there appears to be a gradual decrease in metallicity with increasing N(HI), from these, the most metal-rich Lya forest clouds, to Lyman limit systems, to sub-DLAs, and finally to the DLAs.

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