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再电离时期莱曼系光子对星系际介质的影响

The impact of Lyman series photons on the intergalactic medium during the Epoch of Reionisation

Avery Meiksin

摘要:

本文研究了在再电离时期,高阶莱曼系光子对IGM在背景CMB上的21 cm吸收或发射特征的作用。结果表明,考虑到共振线散射截面随莱曼阶数的增加而减小,高阶莱曼光子的净散射率是不可忽略的。由此产生的辐射级联将大大提高辐射源附近的莱曼α光子的数量密度。它还表明,高阶莱曼系光子能够碰撞加热的IGM的量的几十到几百开氏度。讨论了Wouthuysen-Field效应可能因星系附近尘埃的存在而被抑制的可能性,并指出高阶莱曼系光子仍会引起Wouthuysen-Field效应,但21 cm辐射效率有所降低。研究还表明,高阶莱曼系光子散射后的辐射级联将产生扩展的低表面亮度发射线晕。这些晕将提供一种独特的手段来确认再电离源候选者被在大尺度上仍然基本上是中性的IGM所包围。

英文摘要:

The role of higher order Lyman series photons on the 21cm absorption or emission signature of the IGM against the background CMB during the Epoch of Reionisation is examined. It is shown that, taking into account the diminishing resonance line scattering cross section with increasing Lyman order, a non-negligible net scattering rate of higher order Lyman photons is expected. The resulting radiative cascades will substantially enhance the number density of Lyman-alpha photons near a radiation source. It is also shown that the higher order Lyman series photons are able to collisionally heat the IGM by amounts of tens to hundreds of degrees kelvin. The possibility that the Wouthuysen-Field effect may be suppressed by the presence of dust near a galaxy is discussed, and it is shown that the higher order Lyman series photons would still induce the effect, but with a somewhat reduced 21cm radiation efficiency. It is also demonstrated that extended low surface brightness emission line halos will be produced from radiative cascades following the scattering of higher order Lyman series photons. These halos would provide a unique means of confirming that reionisation source candidates were surrounded by an IGM that was still largely neutral on large scales.

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