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NeVIII吸收体对HE0226-4110的银河系环境

The Galactic Environment of the NeVIII Absorber toward HE0226-4110

John S. Mulchaey, Hsiao-Wen Chen

摘要:

我们报告了一个小星系系统的发现在附近的NeVIII吸收器在z=0.20701对HE 0226 -4110。该星系系统由两个0.25 L* 的盘星系和一个0.05 L* 的星系组成,它们都在吸收体的Δv < 300 km/s和rho< 200 h^{-1}物理kpc范围内。我们考虑各种情况下的NeVIII吸收的起源,包括光电离的气体从活动星系核,星暴驱动的风,一个热的群内介质,热气体在星系晕,和导电前所产生的冷云高速移动通过热介质。我们认为,导电前的情况是最有可能负责生产的NeVIII功能,因为它是一致的,所观察到的银河系周围的环境吸收,因为它自然地解释了多相性质的气体和运动学特征的吸收剖面。虽然我们的首选方案表明,NeVIII可能不会直接探测温暖的星系际介质,但它确实意味着在盘星系周围存在一个扩展的热约束介质,该介质可能包含大量以热气形式存在的重子。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of a small galaxy system in the vicinity of the NeVIII absorber at z=0.20701 toward HE0226-4110. The galaxy system consists of two 0.25 L* disk galaxies and a 0.05 L* galaxy all within Δv < 300 km/s and rho< 200 h^{-1} physical kpc of the absorber. We consider various scenarios for the origin of the NeVIII absorption, including photo-ionized gas from a AGN, a starburst driven wind, a hot intragroup medium, hot gas in a galaxy halo, and a conductive front produced by cool clouds moving at high speed through a hot medium. We argue that the conductive front scenario is most likely responsible for producing the NeVIII feature, because it is consistent with the observed galactic environment around the absorber and because it naturally explains the multi-phase nature of the gas and the kinematic signatures of the absorption profiles. Although our preferred scenario suggests that NeVIII may not be directly probing the warm-hot intergalactic medium, it does imply the existence of an extended hot confining medium around a disk galaxy that may contain a significant reservoir of baryons in the form of hot gas.

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