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在z~2的H α中能观测到宇宙吸积吗?

Can Cosmological Accretion be Observed in H-alpha at z~2?

Loïc Le Tiran, Matthew D. Lehnert, Paola Di Matteo, Nicole P. H. Nesvadba, Wim van Driel

摘要:

在以前的研究中,已经表明,在高表面亮度的H-α发射体中观察到的大线宽在低和高的红移可能是由于强烈的恒星形成注入的机械能。在这里,我们讨论的可能性,观察到的高表面亮度不是由于恒星的形成,但由于宇宙学气体吸积。我们假设所有的吸积能量都是作为来自吸积气体的冲击而消散的。我们表明,为了解释高表面亮度的质量吸积率和能量必须远远高于预期的模拟或等同于恒星形成的吸积率。我们还研究了表面亮度之间的缩放关系,预计从吸积和恒星形成,通过机械加热和光电离,试图确定一个制度,这种吸积可能会变得明显的星系。不幸的是,在光学线发射中探测气体所需的表面亮度比目前对遥远星系的近红外观测所达到的亮度低一个数量级。

英文摘要:

In previous studies, it has been shown that the large line widths observed in high surface brightness H-alpha emitters at low and high redshifts are likely due to the mechanical energy injected by intense star formation. Here we discuss the possibility that the high surface brightnesses observed are not due to star formation, but due to cosmological gas accretion. We assume that all of the accretion energy is dissipated as shocks from the accreting gas. We show that in order to explain the high surface brightnesses both the mass accretion rate and energy would have to be much higher than expected from simulations or from equating the star formation with the accretion rate. We also investigate scaling relations between the surface brightness expected from accretion and for star formation through mechanical heating and photo-ionization, trying to identify a regime where such accretion may become evident in galaxies. Unfortunately, the surface brightness necessary to detect the gas in optical line emission is about an order of magnitude lower than what has currently been achieved with near-infrared observations of distant galaxies.

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