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星系际介质的多重吸收线光谱学。I.模型

Multiple Absorption-Line Spectroscopy of the Intergalactic Medium. I. Model

Yangsen Yao, J. Michael Shull, Charles W. Danforth, Brian A. Keeney, John T. Stocke

摘要:

本文提出了一个基于物理的吸收线模型,用于星系际介质的光谱研究。该模型采用了Gnat和Sternberg(2007)的Cloudy模拟和理论计算结果,以检查吸收气体在以下电离场景下的观测特征:碰撞电离平衡(CIE),光电离平衡,混合(光加碰撞电离)和非平衡冷却。作为演示,我们应用这个模型的新的观测与宇宙起源光谱仪搭载在哈勃太空望远镜的IGM吸收在z~0.1877沿1 ES 1553+113视线。我们识别出Ly α,C III,O VI和N V吸收线,它们具有两个不同的速度分量(蓝色在z_b=0.18757;红色在z_r=0.18772),它们之间的距离为Delta(cz)/(1+z)~38 km/s。这些线的联合分析表明,没有一个检查的电离方案可以应用于蓝色的速度分量的信心,虽然光电离似乎发挥了主导作用。对于红色分量,可以排除CIE,但纯光电离和混合方案(T<1.3E5 K)更容易接受。吸收气体的氢密度和金属丰度的限制范围为n_H=(1.9-2.3)E-5 cm^-3和Z=(0.43-0.67)Z_solar。这些约束条件表明OVI和HI电离分数,f_OVI=0.10-0.15,f_HI=(3.2-5.1)E-5,总氢柱密度N_H=(0.7-1.2)E18 cm^-2。这表明多条吸收谱线的联合分析可以约束吸收体的电离态,并将结果用于估计吸收体中所含的重子物质。

英文摘要:

We present a physically-based absorption-line model for the spectroscopic study of the intergalactic medium (IGM). This model adopts results from Cloudy simulations and theoretical calculations by Gnat and Sternberg (2007) to examine the resulting observational signatures of the absorbing gas with the following ionization scenarios: collisional ionization equilibrium (CIE), photoionization equilibrium, hybrid (photo- plus collisional ionization), and non-equilibrium cooling. As a demonstration, we apply this model to new observations made with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope of the IGM absorbers at z~0.1877 along the 1ES 1553+113 sight line. We identify Ly alpha, C III, O VI, and N V absorption lines with two distinct velocity components (blue at z_b=0.18757; red at z_r=0.18772) separated by Delta(cz)/(1+z)~38 km/s. Joint analyses of these lines indicate that none of the examined ionization scenarios can be applied with confidence to the blue velocity component, although photoionization seems to play a dominant role. For the red component, CIE can be ruled out, but pure photoionization and hybrid scenarios (with T<1.3E5 K) are more acceptable. The constrained ranges of hydrogen density and metallicity of the absorbing gas are n_H=(1.9-2.3)E-5 cm^-3 and Z=(0.43-0.67)Z_solar. These constraints indicate OVI and HI ionization fractions, f_OVI=0.10-0.15 and f_HI=(3.2-5.1)E-5, with total hydrogen column density N_H=(0.7-1.2)E18 cm^-2. This demonstration shows that joint analysis of multiple absorption lines can constrain the ionization state of an absorber, and results used to estimate the baryonic matter contained in the absorber.

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