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低红移下的模拟HI天球

The Simulated HI Sky at low redshift

Attila Popping, Romeel Dave, Robert Braun, Benjamin D. Oppenheimer

摘要:

星系际中性氢的观测可以提供丰富的结构和星系形成的信息,可能跟踪吸积和反馈过程的Mpc尺度。低于NHI ~ 10^19 cm-2(星系HI辐射的“边缘”或典型观测极限)的柱密度,模拟预测了一个由扩展辐射和平行结构组成的宇宙网。我们在宇宙流体动力学模拟中研究了中性氢的分布及其21 cm发射特性,以更深入地了解NHI ~ 10^19 cm-2以下的HI分布。这样的莱曼极限系统被认为可以追踪宇宙网络,而且相对来说还没有被探索过。从32 h^-1 Mpc的模拟开始,我们通过确定中性分数来提取中性氢组分,包括基于热压的自屏蔽后处理校正。我们考虑分子氢,假设在z = 0时平均密度比Omega_H2 /Omega_H1 = 0.3。HI发射的统计特性与观测结果进行比较,以评估模拟的可靠性。模拟的HI分布很好地描述了NHI ~ 10^14 cm-2和NHI ~ 10^21 cm-2之间的整个柱密度范围,并且与现有的观测结果非常吻合。此外,当观察两点关联函数和HI质量函数时,统计学中存在良好的对应性。重建的地图被用来模拟现有和未来望远镜的观测,方法是增加噪音并考虑望远镜的灵敏度。HI统计特性的普遍一致性表明,在这个流体动力学模拟中模拟的中性氢是宇宙中中性氢的一个公平的代表。(节略)

英文摘要:

Observations of intergalactic neutral hydrogen can provide a wealth of information about structure and galaxy formation, potentially tracing accretion and feedback processes on Mpc scales. Below a column density of NHI ~ 10^19 cm-2, the "edge" or typical observational limit for HI emission from galaxies, simulations predict a cosmic web of extended emission and filamentary structures. We study the distribution of neutral hydrogen and its 21cm emission properties in a cosmological hydrodynamic simulation, to gain more insights into the distribution of HI below NHI ~ 10^19 cm-2. Such Lyman Limit systems are expected to trace out the cosmic web, and are relatively unexplored. Beginning with a 32 h^-1 Mpc simulation, we extract the neutral hydrogen component by determining the neutral fraction, including a post-processed correction for self-shielding based on the thermal pressure. We take into account molecular hydrogen, assuming an average density ratio Omega_H2 / Omega_HI = 0.3 at z = 0. The statistical properties of the HI emission are compared with observations, to assess the reliability of the simulation. The simulated HI distribution robustly describes the full column density range between NHI ~ 10^14 and NHI ~ 10^21 cm-2 and agrees very well with available measurements from observations. Furthermore there is good correspondence in the statistics when looking at the two-point correlation function and the HI mass function. The reconstructed maps are used to simulate observations of existing and future telescopes by adding noise and taking account of the sensitivity of the telescopes. The general agreement in statistical properties of HI suggests that neutral hydrogen as modeled in this hydrodynamic simulation is a fair representation of that in the Universe. (abridged)

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