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一个新的z=0元银河系UV背景极限

A new z=0 metagalactic UV background limit

Joshua J. Adams, Juan M. Uson, Gary J. Hill, Phillip J. MacQueen

摘要:

我们提出了新的积分场光谱学在两个附近的边缘,晚型星系的郊区,寻找H-α发射,预计从暴露的氢气的metagalactic紫外线背景(UVB)。尽管麦克唐纳2.7米望远镜上的VIRUS-P摄谱仪对低表面亮度发射和大视场很敏感,在UGC 7321中,我们没有检测到H α到5 σ的上限为6.4 x 10^(-19)erg/s/cm^2/arcsec ^2,在UGC 7321中,我们没有检测到H α到5 σ的上限为25 x 10^(-19)erg/s/cm^2/arcsec ^2。2在UGC 1281中的数百个独立的空间元素(纤维)中的每一个中。我们拟合气体分布模型重叠21厘米的数据HI,外推一个尺度的长度超出HI数据,并估计预测的H-α表面亮度图。我们分析了三种类型的限制,从数据与堆栈形成的越来越大的空间区域,并比较模型的预测:1)单纤维,2)卷积的纤维网格高斯,圆形内核(10 \arcsec \全宽半高),和3)coadded光谱从几百个纤维在最亮的模型区域。这些方法都没有产生显著的检测(>5 sigma),其中对HI光电离率的最严格限制为UGC 7321中的Gamma(z=0)<1.7 x 10^(-14)s^(-1)和UGC 1281中的Gamma(z=0)<14 x 10^(-14)s^(-1)。UGC 7321的极限低于以前的测量极限,也低于当前的理论模型。将分析限制在HI数据所约束的纤维上,会导致一个类似的极限;在UGC 7321中,极限是Gamma(z=0)<2.3 x 10^(-14)s^(-1)。我们讨论了z~0红移恒星形成星系中的低莱曼极限逃逸分数如何解释低于预测的UVB强度,以及更深入的数据进行直接探测的前景。

英文摘要:

We present new integral-field spectroscopy in the outskirts of two nearby, edge-on, late-type galaxies to search for the H-alpha emission that is expected from the exposure of their hydrogen gas to the metagalactic ultraviolet background (UVB). Despite the sensitivity of the VIRUS-P spectrograph on the McDonald 2.7m telescope to low surface brightness emission and the large field-of-view, we do not detect H-alpha to 5 sigma upper limits of 6.4 x 10^(-19) erg/s/cm^2/arcsec^2 in UGC 7321 and of 25 x 10^(-19) erg/s/cm^2/arcsec^2 in UGC 1281 in each of the hundreds of independent spatial elements (fibers). We fit gas distribution models from overlapping 21 cm data of HI, extrapolate one scale length beyond the HI data, and estimate predicted H-alpha surface brightness maps. We analyze three types of limits from the data with stacks formed from increasingly large spatial regions and compare to the model predictions: 1) single fibers, 2) convolution of the fiber grid with a Gaussian, circular kernel (10\arcsec\ full width half maximum), and 3) the coadded spectra from a few hundred fibers over the brightest model regions. None of these methods produce a significant detection (>5 sigma) with the most stringent constraints on the HI photoionization rate of Gamma(z=0)<1.7 x 10^(-14) s^(-1) in UGC 7321 and Gamma(z=0)<14 x 10^(-14) s^(-1) in UGC 1281. The UGC 7321 limit is below previous measurement limits and also below current theoretical models. Restricting the analysis to the fibers bound by the HI data leads to a comparable limit; the limit is Gamma(z=0)<2.3 x 10^(-14) s^(-1) in UGC 7321. We discuss how a low Lyman limit escape fraction in z~0 redshift star forming galaxies might explain this lower than predicted UVB strength and the prospects of deeper data to make a direct detection.

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