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H 2356-309视线上星系大尺度结构的WHIM含量研究

Studying the WHIM Content of the Galaxy Large-Scale Structures along the Line of Sight to H 2356-309

L. Zappacosta, F. Nicastro, R. Maiolino, G. Tagliaferri, D. A. Buote, T. Fang, P. J. Humphrey, F. Gastaldello

摘要:

我们利用一个500 ksChandra HRC-S/LETG光谱的blazar H2356-309,结合一个较低的S/N光谱的相同的目标,寻找存在的温暖,热的吸收气体与两个大尺度结构(LSS)通过这条视线在z=0.062(双鱼座-鲸鱼座超星系团,PCS)和在z=0.128(“更远的雕塑家墙”,FSW)。在结构的红移处,从C、O和Ne的任何强He或H类跃迁中检测到统计学显著(>=3sigma)的单独吸收。然而,我们仍然能够约束相关的假定吸收气体的物理和几何参数,通过执行联合光谱拟合的边缘检测和上限的最强预期线与我们的自洽混合电离WHIM光谱模型。在PCS的红移处,我们确定了一个温暖的相位,logT=5.35_-0.13^+0.07 K,log N_H =19.1+/-0.2 cm^-2,可能与一个更热但不太重要的相位共存,logT=6.9^+0.1_-0.8 K,log N_H=20.1^+0.3_-1.7 cm^-2(1 σ误差)。对于FSW,我们估计logT=6.6_-0.2^+0.1 K,log N_H=19.8_-0.8^+0.4 cm^-2。我们的限制,使我们能够估计的累积数密度每单位红移的OVIWHIM吸收剂。我们还估算了宇宙学质量密度,得到Omega_b(WHIM)=(0.021^+0.031_-0.018)(Z/Z_sun)^-1,与高金属丰度星系际“缺失重子”的质量密度一致。

英文摘要:

We make use of a 500ks Chandra HRC-S/LETG spectrum of the blazar H2356-309, combined with a lower S/N spectrum of the same target, to search for the presence of warm-hot absorbing gas associated with two Large-Scale Structures (LSSs) crossed by this sightline at z=0.062 (the Pisces-Cetus Supercluster, PCS) and at z=0.128 ("Farther Sculptor Wall", FSW). No statistically significant (>=3sigma) individual absorption is detected from any of the strong He- or H-like transitions of C, O and Ne at the redshifts of the structures. However we are still able to constrain the physical and geometrical parameters of the associated putative absorbing gas, by performing joint spectral fit of marginal detections and upper limits of the strongest expected lines with our self-consistent hybrid ionization WHIM spectral model. At the redshift of the PCS we identify a warm phase with logT=5.35_-0.13^+0.07 K and log N_H =19.1+/-0.2 cm^-2 possibly coexisting with a hotter and less significant phase with logT=6.9^+0.1_-0.8 K and log N_H=20.1^+0.3_-1.7 cm^-2 (1sigma errors). For the FSW we estimate logT=6.6_-0.2^+0.1 K and log N_H=19.8_-0.8^+0.4 cm^-2. Our constraints allow us to estimate the cumulative number density per unit redshifts of OVII WHIM absorbers. We also estimate the cosmological mass density obtaining Omega_b(WHIM)=(0.021^+0.031_-0.018) (Z/Z_sun)^-1, consistent with the mass density of the intergalactic 'missing baryons' for high metallicities.

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