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银河系超壳层的Lyman α辐射加速

Acceleration of Galactic Supershells by Lyman Alpha Radiation

Mark Dijkstra, Abraham Loeb

摘要:

莱曼α(以下简称Lya)光子在恒星形成区域周围的单个外流“超壳层”中被中性氢气散射,这通常可以解释星系中观测到的Lya发射线的形状和偏移。我们计算的辐射压力,这是由散射Lya辐射对流出的材料。结果表明,在合理的物理参数下,仅Lya辐射压就能将超壳加速到v_sh=200-400 km/s的速度。这些超壳层可能从其宿主星系的引力势阱中逃逸,并对星系际介质的富集做出贡献。我们计算膨胀的超壳层的物理性质,可能存在于已知的高红移(z=2.7-5.0)星系的样本,假设它们主要由Lya辐射压力驱动。我们预测了超壳层的半径r_sh=0.1-10 kpc,年龄t_sh=1-100 Myr,能量E_sh= 1 e_(53)-1 e_(55)ergs,这些结果与局部星系超壳层的性质基本一致。此外,我们还发现,由Lya驱动的恒质量超壳层的半径r_sh通过标度关系r_sh ~ L_alpha/(N_HI v_sh ^2)唯一地依赖于星系的内禀Lya光度L_alpha、超壳层的HI柱密度N_HI和壳层速度v_sh。我们推导出超壳层的质量流出率,达到宿主星系恒星形成率的10-100%。

英文摘要:

Scattering of Lyman Alpha (hereafter Lya) photons by neutral hydrogen gas in a single outflowing 'supershell' around star forming regions often explains the shape and offset of the observed Lya emission line from galaxies. We compute the radiation pressure that is exerted by this scattered Lya radiation on the outflowing material. We show that for reasonable physical parameters, Lya radiation pressure alone can accelerate supershells to velocities in the range v_sh=200-400 km/s. These supershells possibly escape from the gravitational potential well of their host galaxies and contribute to the enrichment of the intergalactic medium. We compute the physical properties of expanding supershells that are likely to be present in a sample of known high-redshift (z=2.7-5.0) galaxies, under the assumption that they are driven predominantly by Lya radiation pressure. We predict ranges of radii r_sh=0.1-10 kpc, ages t_sh=1-100 Myr, and energies E_sh=1e53-1e55 ergs, which are in reasonable agreement with the properties of local galactic supershells. Furthermore, we find that the radius, r_sh, of a Lya-driven supershell of constant mass depends uniquely on the intrinsic Lya luminosity of the galaxy, L_alpha, the HI column density of the supershell, N_HI, and the shell speed, v_sh, through the scaling relation r_sh ~ L_alpha/(N_HI v_sh^2). We derive mass outflow rates in supershells that reach ~10-100% of the star formation rates of their host galaxies.

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