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VLT LBG红移巡天II:z ~3时星系与IGM的相互作用

VLT LBG Redshift Survey II: Interactions between galaxies and the IGM at z ~3

N. H. M. Crighton, R. Bielby, T. Shanks, L. Infante, C. G. Bornancini, N. Bouche, D. G. Lambas, J. D. Lowenthal, D. Minniti, S. L. Morris, N. Padilla, C. Peroux… 展开作者

N. H. M. Crighton, R. Bielby, T. Shanks, L. Infante, C. G. Bornancini, N. Bouche, D. G. Lambas, J. D. Lowenthal, D. Minniti, S. L. Morris, N. Padilla, C. Peroux, P. Petitjean, T. Theuns, P. Tummuangpak, P. M. Weilbacher, L. Wisotzki, G. Worseck

摘要:

我们在9个VIMOS LBG红移巡天中测量了243个z ~3类星体的红移,每个巡天都以一个已知的亮类星体为中心。利用这些类星体的光谱,我们测量了导致Lya森林的中性氢气和1020个Lyman-break星系在z ~3处的互相关。我们发现,在星系的5 h^-1 Mpc范围内,中性氢的吸收量会增加,这与Adelberger等人(2003,2005)的结果一致。Lya-LBG互相关在大于3 h^-1 Mpc的尺度上可以用幂律来描述。当考虑星系速度色散时,我们在较小尺度(<2 h^-1 Mpc)下的结果也与Adelberger等人(2005)的结果非常一致。几乎没有直接的迹象表明,一个地区的传输尖峰以上的平均IGM值,这可能表明存在的恒星形成反馈。为了测量星系的速度色散,包括内在的LBG速度色散和红移误差,我们使用了Bielby等人(2010)的LBG-LBG红移空间失真测量。我们发现Adelberger等人(2003)的结果中所暗示的红移-空间传输尖峰太窄,在可能存在LBG速度色散的情况下不可能是物理的,并且很可能是统计上的偶然。然而,我们和以前的数据都不能排除存在一个狭窄的,真实的空间传输尖峰,考虑到LBG周围的Lya吸收增加的证据,这可以掩盖尖峰的存在时,与现实的LBG速度色散卷积。最后,我们在类星体光谱中识别出了176个CIV系统,并发现在10 h^-1 Mpc尺度下LBG-CIV关联强度与在~Mpc尺度下测得的关联强度一致。

英文摘要:

We have measured redshifts for 243 z ~3 quasars in nine VLT VIMOS LBG redshift survey areas, each of which is centred on a known bright quasar. Using spectra of these quasars, we measure the cross-correlation between neutral hydrogen gas causing the Lya forest and 1020 Lyman-break galaxies at z ~3. We find an increase in neutral hydrogen absorption within 5 h^-1 Mpc of a galaxy in agreement with the results of Adelberger et al. (2003, 2005). The Lya-LBG cross-correlation can be described by a power-law on scales larger than 3 h^-1 Mpc. When galaxy velocity dispersions are taken into account our results at smaller scales (<2 h^-1 Mpc) are also in good agreement with the results of Adelberger et al. (2005). There is little immediate indication of a region with a transmission spike above the mean IGM value which might indicate the presence of star-formation feedback. To measure the galaxy velocity dispersions, which include both intrinsic LBG velocity dispersion and redshift errors, we have used the LBG-LBG redshift space distortion measurements of Bielby et al. (2010). We find that the redshift-space transmission spike implied in the results of Adelberger et al. (2003) is too narrow to be physical in the presence of the likely LBG velocity dispersion and is likely to be a statistical fluke. Nevertheless, neither our nor previous data can rule out the presence of a narrow, real-space transmission spike, given the evidence of the increased Lya absorption surrounding LBGs which can mask the spike's presence when convolved with a realistic LBG velocity dispersion. Finally, we identify 176 CIV systems in the quasar spectra and find an LBG-CIV correlation strength on scales of 10 h^-1 Mpc consistent with the relation measured at ~Mpc scales.

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