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宇宙学模拟中的莱曼α发射体I:z=3.1时莱曼α逃逸分数和统计性质

Lyman-alpha Emitters in Cosmological Simulations I: Lyman-alpha Escape Fraction and Statistical Properties at z=3.1

Ikkoh Shimizu, Naoki Yoshida, Takashi Okamoto

摘要:

我们使用非常大的宇宙学光滑粒子流体动力学模拟研究高红移莱曼α发射体(LAEs)的性质。我们在一侧100 h^-1 Mpc的宇宙学体积中识别出z=3.1的恒星形成星系。我们发展了一个现象学模型的吸收,散射和逃逸的莱曼α光子的假设下,星系中的星际介质的团块与较大规模的子结构丰富。诺伊菲尔德(Neufeld,1991)提出的辐射转移效应允许大部分莱曼-α光子从一个cloudian星系逃逸,即使它包含大量的尘埃。我们的模型再现,为第一次,所有以下观察到的性质LAEs在z=3.1:角关联函数,紫外和莱曼α光度函数,和等效宽度分布。一个只考虑尘埃吸收的简单模型无法与观测数据相匹配,这表明我们所考虑的那种效应是必要的。我们的模型还预测了一个双峰年龄分布LAEs。有古老的,巨大的和尘土飞扬的LAEs,类似于最近发现的高红移LAEs。大的LAE具有f_esc ~ 0.05-0.1的莱曼α光子的逃逸分数。

英文摘要:

We use very large cosmological Smoothed-Particle-Hydrodynamics simulations to study the properties of high redshift Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs). We identify star-forming galaxies at z=3.1 in a cosmological volume of 100 h^-1Mpc on a side. We develop a phenomenological model of absorption, scattering and escape of Lyman-alpha photons on the assumption that the clumpiness of the inter-stellar medium in a galaxy is correlated with the larger scale substructure richness. The radiative transfer effect proposed by Neufeld (1991) allows a large fraction of Lyman-alpha photons to escape from a clumpy galaxy even if it contains a substantial amount of dust. Our model reproduces, for the first time, all of the following observed properties of LAEs at z=3.1: the angular correlation function, ultra-violet and Lyman-alpha luminosity functions, and the equivalent width distribution. A simple model that takes only dust absorption into account fails in matching the observational data, suggesting that the kind of effect we consider is needed. Our model also predicts a bimodal age distribution for LAEs. There are old, massive and dusty LAEs, similar to recently found high redshift LAEs. The large LAEs have escape fractions of Lyman-alpha photons of f_esc ~ 0.05-0.1.

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