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高红移下星暴星系团电离辐射逃逸分数

Escape Fraction of Ionizing Radiation from Starburst Galaxies at High Redshifts

A. Ferrara, A. Loeb

摘要:

最近的数据表明,宇宙紫外发射率下降,减少红移z附近的再电离结束。由于缺乏早期恒星质量非常大的证据,这可能意味着z &gt; 6的星系电离辐射的质量平均逃逸分数随时间而下降<fesc>。我们计算了暗物质晕中电离锋的演化,其中暗物质晕中的气体在其冷却温度底(氢原子的T~10^4 K)处于流体静力平衡。我们发现,只有在恒星形成效率f_star &gt; 10^-3的情况下,质量最低的晕(在(1+z)=10时,M&lt;10 ^8.7 Msun)才会有较高的逃逸分数。由于低质量星系群会因辐射反馈而耗尽,我们发现<fesc>在再电离过程中,它确实会随着时间的推移而减少。

英文摘要:

Recent data indicates that the cosmic UV emissivity decreased with decreasing redshift z near the end of reionization. Lacking evidence for very massive early stars, this could signal a decline with time in the mass-averaged escape fraction of ionizing radiation from galaxies <fesc> at z > 6. We calculate the evolution of ionization fronts in dark matter halos which host gas in hydrostatic equilibrium at its cooling temperature floor (T~10^4 K for atomic hydrogen). We find a high escape fraction only for the lowest mass halos (with M< 10^8.7 Msun at (1+z)=10) provided their star formation efficiency f_star > 10^-3. Since the low-mass galaxy population is depleted by radiative feedback, we find that indeed <fesc> decreases with time during reionization.

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