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由周围HI Lyα吸收测量星系晕质量

A measurement of galaxy halo mass from the surrounding HI Lyα absorption

Olivera Rakic, Joop Schaye, Charles C. Steidel, Craig Booth, Claudio Dalla Vecchia, Gwen C. Rudie

摘要:

我们测量z~2.36 UV色选恒星形成星系的暗物质晕质量,方法是将背景类星体光谱中观测到的它们周围的HI Lyα吸收中值与宇宙学模拟中给定质量以上的晕周围的吸收相匹配。在横向距离0-2 pMpc和视线距离154-616 km/s的情况下,我们发现最小晕质量为log 10(Mmin/Msun)=11.6(+0.2)(-0.2),这与已发表的聚类分析估计的晕质量非常一致。我们验证了测量的晕质量是不敏感的宇宙学参数(WMAP 1与WMAP 3)的变化,并列入强AGN反馈。这种方法的一个独特优点是,它可以用于窄视场的星系类星体调查,即~30 x 30角秒。此外,我们还发现在1.5-2 pMpc尺度上观测到的二维HI Lyα吸收分布的各向异性与大尺度气体进入星系所占据的势阱的结果一致。

英文摘要:

We measure the dark matter halo masses of z~2.36 UV color-selected star-forming galaxies by matching the observed median HI Lyα absorption around them, as observed in the spectra of background QSOs, to the absorption around haloes above a given mass in cosmological simulations. Focusing on transverse separations 0-2 pMpc and line of sight separations 154-616 km/s, we find a minimum halo mass of log10(Mmin/Msun)=11.6(+0.2)(-0.2), which is in good agreement with published halo mass estimates from clustering analyses. We verified that the measured halo mass is insensitive to a change in the cosmological parameters (WMAP1 vs. WMAP3) and to the inclusion of strong AGN feedback. One unique strength of this method is that it can be used in narrow field galaxy-QSO surveys, i.e. ~30 x 30 arcseconds. In addition, we find that the observed anisotropy in the 2-D HI Lyα absorption distribution on scales of 1.5-2 pMpc is consistent with being a consequence of large-scale gas infall into the potential wells occupied by galaxies.

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