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z=4-10星系的电离辐射

Ionizing radiation from z=4-10 galaxies

Alexei O. Razoumov, Jesper Sommer-Larsen

摘要:

我们计算了星系在红移区间z=4-10的电离辐射逃逸,在再电离时期和之后,使用一组高分辨率的星系,在完全宇宙学模拟中形成。模拟调用早期的能量反馈,星系在z=0时演化成一个现实的种群。我们的星系覆盖了近四个数量级的质量(10^{7.8}-10 ^<$11.5} \msun)和超过五个数量级的恒星形成率(10^{-3.5}-10 ^<$1.7} \msun \yr^{-1}),我们包括了对尘埃吸收的近似处理。我们发现,源平均莱曼极限逃逸分数在z=10.4是接近80%的单调下降随着时间的推移,更大的物体建立在较低的红移。虽然尘埃的吸收量不确定为1-1.5 dex,但它与金属含量密切相关;我们发现尘埃不太可能显著影响观测到的紫外线输出。这些结果支持恒星辐射从低光度矮星系的再电离,也是兼容的莱曼连续观测和理论预测在z \sim 3-4。

英文摘要:

We compute the escape of ionizing radiation from galaxies in the redshift interval z=4-10, i.e., during and after the epoch of reionization, using a high-resolution set of galaxies, formed in fully cosmological simulations. The simulations invoke early, energetic feedback, and the galaxies evolve into a realistic population at z=0. Our galaxies cover nearly four orders of magnitude in masses (10^{7.8}-10^{11.5}\msun) and more than five orders in star formation rates (10^{-3.5}-10^{1.7}\msun\yr^{-1}), and we include an approximate treatment of dust absorption. We show that the source-averaged Lyman-limit escape fraction at z=10.4 is close to 80% declining monotonically with time as more massive objects build up at lower redshifts. Although the amount of dust absorption is uncertain to 1-1.5 dex, it is tightly correlated with metallicity; we find that dust is unlikely to significantly impact the observed UV output. These results support reionization by stellar radiation from low-luminosity dwarf galaxies and are also compatible with Lyman continuum observations and theoretical predictions at z\sim3-4.

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