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HI和CIV类星体1.9

The evolution of HI and CIV quasar absorption line systems at 1.9 < z < 3.2

Tae-Sun Kim, Adrian M. Partl, Robert F. Carswell, Volker Müller

摘要:

利用ESO VLT/UVES资料库中获得的18个高分辨率、高信噪比的类星体谱,研究了~3100个HI柱密度logN(HI)= [12.75,17.0](1.9 < z < 3.2)的星系际HI吸收体的分布和演化。我们使用了两组Voigt轮廓拟合分析,一组包括所有可用的高阶Lyman线以获得饱和线的可靠HI柱密度,另一组仅使用Ly-alpha线。两种拟合的结果之间没有显著差异。结合我们的结果和文献数据,在0 < z < 4的平均数密度不能很好地用单一的幂律来描述,并且强烈地表明,在高和低柱密度范围内,其演化在z < 1.5处减慢。我们还将我们在1.9 < z < 3.2处的整个HI吸收体分为两个样本,未富集的森林和CIV富集的森林,这取决于HI线是否与在给定速度范围内log N(CIV)> 12.2处的CIV相关。整个HI柱密度分布函数(CDDF)可描述为这两个充分表征的群体的组合,其在log N(HI)~ 15处重叠。当log N(HI)< 15时,未富集的森林占优势,与整个森林呈相似的幂律分布。CIV富集的森林在log N(HI)> 15时占主导地位,其分布函数与N(HI)^(-1.45)成正比。然而,它开始变平在较低的N(HI),因为丰富的森林部分随着减少N(HI)。在整个HI样本的CDDF中显示的log N(HI)= [14,17]处与幂律的偏差是将两个不同HI群体与不同CDDF形状组合的结果。相对于临界密度的HI总质量密度为Omega(HI)~ 1.6 x 10^(-6)h^(-1),其中富集森林约占Omega(HI)的40%。

英文摘要:

We have investigated the distribution and evolution of ~3100 intergalactic HI absorbers with HI column densities log N(HI) = [12.75, 17.0] at 1.9 < z < 3.2, using 18 high resolution, high S/N quasar spectra obtained from the ESO VLT/UVES archive. We used two sets of Voigt profile fitting analysis, one including all the available high-order Lyman lines to obtain reliable HI column densities of saturated lines, and another using only the Ly-alpha lines. There is no significant difference between the results from the two fits. Combining our results with literature data, the mean number density at 0 < z < 4 is not well described by a single power law and strongly suggests that its evolution slows down at z < 1.5 at the high and low column density ranges. We also divided our entire HI absorbers at 1.9 < z < 3.2 into two samples, the unenriched forest and the CIV-enriched forest, depending on whether HI lines are associated with CIV at log N(CIV) > 12.2 within a given velocity range. The entire HI column density distribution function (CDDF) can be described as the combination of these two well-characterised populations which overlap at log N(HI) ~ 15. At log N(HI) < 15, the unenriched forest dominates, showing a similar power-law distribution to the entire forest. The CIV-enriched forest dominates at log N(HI) > 15, with its distribution function proportional to N(HI)^(-1.45). However, it starts to flatten out at lower N(HI), since the enriched forest fraction decreases with decreasing N(HI). The deviation from the power law at log N(HI) = [14, 17] shown in the CDDF for the entire HI sample is a result of combining two different HI populations with a different CDDF shape. The total HI mass density relative to the critical density is Omega(HI) ~ 1.6 x 10^(-6) h^(-1), where the enriched forest accounts for ~40% of Omega(HI).

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