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z=0.56时亚阻尼吸收体中的高分子部分

A high molecular fraction in a sub-damped absorber at z=0.56

Neil H. M. Crighton, Jill Bechtold, Robert F. Carswell, Romeel Davé, Craig B. Foltz, Buell T. Jannuzi, Simon L. Morris, John M. O'Meara, J. Xavier Prochaska, Jo… 展开作者

Neil H. M. Crighton, Jill Bechtold, Robert F. Carswell, Romeel Davé, Craig B. Foltz, Buell T. Jannuzi, Simon L. Morris, John M. O'Meara, J. Xavier Prochaska, Joop Schaye, Nicolas Tejos

摘要:

在明亮的背景连续谱下测量莱曼和维尔纳吸收带的静止坐标系紫外转动跃迁是直接测量分子氢(H2)的少数方法之一。在这里,我们报告了在亚阻尼Ly-alpha系统中,在z=0.56处,中性氢柱密度N(HI)= 10^(19.5 +/- 0.2)cm^-2时,H2的莱曼-维尔纳吸收的检测结果。这是第一个在银河系晕之外分析的红移< 1.5的H2系统。它具有令人惊讶的高分子分数:基于对谱线轮廓的建模,log f(H2)> -1.93 +/- 0.36,并且f(H2)> 10^-3的稳健的模型无关下限。这比沿着银河系盘和麦哲伦云的视线看到的具有类似N(HI)的f(H2)值要高。吸收体的金属丰度为0.19 + 0.21 - 0.10太阳能,尘气比< 0.36倍于太阳附近的值。从相关的低电离金属过渡,如OI和FeII的吸收观察到除了OVI。使用云模型,我们发现有三个阶段存在:一个~100 K的阶段,产生H2,一个~10^4 K的阶段,其中大部分的低电离金属吸收产生;和一个较热的阶段与OVI。基于相似的高速云在银河系晕显示H2和存在的两个附近的星系候选人的碰撞参量~10千秒差距,我们认为,吸收体可能产生的潮汐剥离结构类似的麦哲伦流。

英文摘要:

Measuring rest-frame ultraviolet rotational transitions from the Lyman and Werner bands in absorption against a bright background continuum is one of the few ways to directly measure molecular hydrogen (H2). Here we report the detection of Lyman-Werner absorption from H2 at z=0.56 in a sub-damped Ly-alpha system with neutral hydrogen column density N(HI) = 10^(19.5 +/- 0.2) cm^-2. This is the first H2 system analysed at a redshift < 1.5 beyond the Milky Way halo. It has a surprisingly high molecular fraction: log f(H2) > -1.93 +/- 0.36 based on modelling the line profiles, with a robust model-independent lower limit of f(H2) > 10^-3. This is higher than f(H2) values seen along sightlines with similar N(HI) through the Milky Way disk and the Magellanic clouds. The metallicity of the absorber is 0.19 +0.21 -0.10 solar, with a dust-to-gas ratio < 0.36 times the value in the solar neighbourhood. Absorption from associated low-ionisation metal transitions such as OI and FeII is observed in addition to OVI. Using Cloudy models we show that there are three phases present; a ~100 K phase giving rise to H2, a ~10^4 K phase where most of the low-ionisation metal absorption is produced; and a hotter phase associated with OVI. Based on similarities to high velocity clouds in the Milky Way halo showing H2 and the presence of two nearby galaxy candidates with impact parameters of ~10 kpc, we suggest that the absorber may be produced by a tidally-stripped structure similar to the Magellanic Stream.

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