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z = 0.0777 C III对PHL 1811的低红移弱金属线吸收体的研究

The z = 0.0777 C III Absorber Towards PHL 1811 as a Case Study of a Low Redshift Weak Metal Line Absorber

Brian C. Lacki, Jane C. Charlton

摘要:

我们认为,在C III,C II,Si III,C IV,O VI和H I吸收沿视线对类星体PHL 1811的z = 0.0777吸收系统的物理条件和起源。我们分析了这个类星体的HST/STIS和FUSE光谱,并将结果与云光电离和碰撞电离模型进行了比较,以获得吸收气体的密度,温度和金属丰度。这种吸收可以用两个C III云来解释,它们的速度相差35 km/s,金属丰度约为太阳值的十分之一。一个云的密度为n_H = 1.2 + 0.9 - 0.5 * 10^-3 cm^-3(厚度0.4 ± 0.3 - 0.2 kpc)并产生观察到的C II和Si III吸收,而另一个的密度为n_H = 1.2 + 0.9 - 0.5 * 10^-5 cm^-3(厚度为80 + 70 - 40 kpc),并产生了观察到的弱C IV吸收。光电离模型的云温度为~ 14,000 + 3000 - 2000 K和~ 34,000 - 4000 + 2000 K。虽然T ~ 70,000 K的碰撞电离云是可能的,但由于涉及的冷却时间尺度较短,它们的可能性较小。先前的研究显示,在吸收体的红移处没有发光星系,因此它可能与潮汐碎片、喷射物质、矮星系或星系群中的其他晕物质有关。我们的模型还表明,两个云之一将产生可检测的弱镁II吸收,如果光谱覆盖的过渡存在。我们预测了当电离背景辐射更强时,系统在z ~ 1处的样子。我们发现,在z ~ 1的密集组件类似于一个C IV吸收。第二个C III云在这个z = 0.0777吸收器可能类似于一个子集的更扩散的O VI吸收器在更高的红移。

英文摘要:

We consider the physical conditions and origin of the z = 0.0777 absorption system observed in C III, C II, Si III, C IV, O VI, and H I absorption along the line of sight towards the quasar PHL 1811. We analysed the HST/STIS and FUSE spectra of this quasar and compared the results to Cloudy photoionization and collisional ionization models in order to derive densities, temperatures, and metallicities of the absorbing gas. The absorption can be explained by two C III clouds, offset by 35 km/s in velocity, with metallicities of ~one-tenth the solar value. One cloud has a density of order n_H = 1.2 +0.9 -0.5 * 10^-3 cm^-3 (thickness 0.4 +0.3 -0.2 kpc) and produces the observed C II and Si III absorption, while the other has a density of order n_H = 1.2 +0.9 -0.5 * 10^-5 cm^-3 (thickness 80 +70 -40 kpc) and gives rise to the observed weak C IV absorption. Cloud temperatures are ~14,000 +3000 -2000 K and ~34,000 -4000 +2000 K for photoionized models. Although collisionally ionized clouds with T ~ 70,000 K are possible, they are less likely because of the short cooling time-scales involved. Previous studies revealed no luminous galaxy at the absorber's redshift, so it is probably related to tidal debris, ejected material, a dwarf galaxy, or other halo material in a galaxy group. Our models also indicate that one of the two clouds would produce detectable weak Mg II absorption if spectral coverage of that transition existed. We predict what the system would look like at z ~ 1 when the ionizing background radiation was more intense. We find that at z ~ 1 the denser component resembles a C IV absorber. The second C III cloud in this z = 0.0777 absorber may be analogous to a subset of the more diffuse O VI absorbers at higher redshift.

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