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标准冷暗物质宇宙中阻尼Lyman α系统的性质及其相互作用

The Nature of Damped Lyman Alpha Systems and Their Hosts in the Standard Cold Dark Matter Universe

Renyue Cen

摘要:

使用自适应网格细化宇宙流体动力学模拟与物理动机的超新星反馈处方,我们表明,标准的冷暗物质模型可以解释现存的阻尼莱曼α系统(DLAs)的观测特性。然后我们研究了DLA宿主星系的特性。我们发现:(1)虽然DLA宿主在所有红移处都大致跟踪星系的总体人口,但它们总是富含气体。(2)DLA演化的历史主要反映了宇宙密度、星系大小和星系相互作用的演化。随着密度的增加和相互作用的增加,在高红移处,DLAs的绝对值和相对维里半径都变大。(3)在高红移的DLAs的种类是丰富的,有很大的贡献来自星系细丝,通过密切的星系相互作用。在z = 3 - 4时,大多数恒星所在的星系气体盘部分对DLA入射的贡献相对较小。(4)绝大多数DLA都是在质量为M_h = 10^10 - 10^12 Msun的晕中产生的,z = 1.6 - 4。在z = 3 - 4时,20 - 30%的DLA主体是莱曼断裂半导体(LBG)。(5)银河风在塑造DLAs的运动学性质上扮演着不可或缺的角色。具体来说,高速宽度的DLAs是那些在高质量,高速色散晕和那些在较小的质量系统中出现的混合物,其中冷气体云被银河风夹带到高速。(6)与观测结果一致,我们看到DLA金属丰度有一个微弱但明显的演变。金属度分布中心在z = 3 - 4处为[Z/H]=-1.5至-1,在z = 1.6处峰移动至[Z/H]=-0.75,在z = 0处峰移动至[Z/H]=-0.5。(7)DLA宿主的恒星形成率在z = 3 - 4时集中在0.3 - 30 Msun/yr的范围内,逐渐降低,到z = 0时达到峰值,约为0.5 - 1 Msun/yr。

英文摘要:

Using adaptive mesh-refinement cosmological hydrodynamic simulations with a physically motivated supernova feedback prescription we show that the standard cold dark matter model can account for extant observed properties of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs). We then examine the properties of DLA host galaxies. We find: (1) While DLA hosts roughly trace the overall population of galaxies at all redshifts, they are always gas rich. (2) The history of DLA evolution reflects primarily the evolution of the underlying cosmic density, galaxy size and galaxy interactions. With higher density and more interactions at high redshift DLAs are larger in both absolute terms and in relative terms with respect to virial radii of halos. (3) The variety of DLAs at high redshift is richer with a large contribution coming from galactic filaments, created through close galaxy interactions. The portion of gaseous disks of galaxies where most stars reside makes relatively small contribution to DLA incidence at z=3-4. (4) The vast majority of DLAs arise in halos of mass M_h=10^10-10^12 Msun at z=1.6-4. At z=3-4, 20-30% of DLA hosts are Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs). (5) Galactic winds play an indispensable role in shaping the kinematic properties of DLAs. Specifically, the high velocity width DLAs are a mixture of those arising in high mass, high velocity dispersion halos and those arising in smaller mass systems where cold gas clouds are entrained to high velocities by galactic winds. (6) In agreement with observations, we see a weak but noticeable evolution in DLA metallicity. The metallicity distribution centers at [Z/H]=-1.5 to -1 at z=3-4, with the peak moving to [Z/H]=-0.75 at z=1.6 and [Z/H]=-0.5 by z=0. (7) The star formation rate of DLA hosts is concentrated in the range 0.3-30Msun/yr at z=3-4, gradually shifting lower to peak at ~0.5-1 Msun/yr by z=0.

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