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联合Lyα发射体-类星体再电离约束

Joint Lyα emitters - quasars reionization constraints

S. Baek, A. Ferrara, B. Semelin

摘要:

提出了一种利用高红移莱曼α发射体(LAE)和类星体(QSO)的联合光谱信息研究宇宙再电离的新方法。虽然LAEs被提议作为再电离探针,但它们的使用受到限制,因为它们的Lyα线不仅受到星系际HI的阻尼,而且还受到内部尘埃的阻尼。我们的方法可以克服这种退化。首先,我们仔细校准的再电离模拟与类星体吸收线实验。然后,我们在z=5.7和z=6.6的两个模拟框中识别LAE,并构建原型LAE的合成图像/光谱。在红移5.7处,发现Lyα transmittance(T_LAE)~ 0.25,几乎与晕质量无关。这种恒常性是由两种效应的共同作用引起的:(i)内禀Lyα线宽和(ii)下落特有速度。在更高的红移z=6.6时,transmittance反而主要由本地HI丰度设定,LAE transmittance因此随着晕质量从0.15增加到0.3。虽然外流是存在的,他们是有效的压力限制在一个小区域周围的LAE的下降,因此,他们只有轻微的影响transmittance。最后,我们在不同的碰撞参量下,投射了背景类星体通过前景LAE的LOS,计算了类星体的透射率(T_QSO)。在较小的碰撞参量(d < 1 cMpc)下,在z = 5.7时发现T_QSO和晕质量之间的正相关,这种正相关在较大的距离下趋于变得不那么明显(即平坦)。通过互相关TLAE和TQSO,我们可以得到一个不受尘埃影响的HI密度估计。在z= 5.7时,互相关相对较弱,而在z = 6.6时,我们发现明显的正相关。最后,我们简要讨论了现有的和即将到来的数据的方法的应用前景。

英文摘要:

We present a novel method to investigate cosmic reionization, using joint spectral information on high redshift Lyman Alpha Emitters (LAE) and quasars (QSOs). Although LAEs have been proposed as reionization probes, their use is hampered by the fact their Lyα line is damped not only by intergalactic HI but also internally by dust. Our method allows to overcome such degeneracy. First, we carefully calibrate a reionization simulation with QSO absorption line experiments. Then we identify LAEs in two simulation boxes at z=5.7 and z=6.6 and we build synthetic images/spectra of a prototypical LAE. At redshift 5.7, we find that the Lyα transmissivity (T_LAE) ~ 0.25, almost independent of the halo mass. This constancy arises from the conspiracy of two effects: (i) the intrinsic Lyα line width and (ii) the infall peculiar velocity. At higher redshift, z=6.6, where the transmissivity is instead largely set by the local HI abundance and LAE transmissivity consequently increases with halo mass from 0.15 to 0.3. Although outflows are present, they are efficiently pressure-confined by infall in a small region around the LAE; hence they only marginally affect transmissivity. Finally, we cast LOS originating from background QSOs passing through foreground LAEs at different impact parameters, and compute the quasar transmissivity (T_QSO). At smaller impact parameters, d < 1 cMpc, a positive correlation between T_QSO and halo mass is found at z = 5.7, which tends to become less pronounced (i.e. flatter) at larger distances. By cross-correlating T_LAE and T_QSO, we can obtain a HI density estimate unaffected by dust. At z= 5.7, the cross-correlation is relatively weak,whereas at z = 6.6 we find a clear positive correlation. We conclude by briefly discussing the perspectives for the application of the method to existing and forthcoming data.

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