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宇宙再电离和早期恒星形成星系团:来自普朗克和哈勃空间望远镜的新约束的联合分析

Cosmic Reionization and Early Star-Forming Galaxies: A Joint Analysis of New Constraints from Planck and Hubble Space Telescope

Brant E. Robertson, Richard S. Ellis, Steven R. Furlanetto, James S. Dunlop

摘要:

我们讨论了新的宇宙再电离时代的限制和测试的假设,即大多数的电离光子负责产生高红移恒星形成星系。通过对z~6-8类星体、伽马射线暴和可能有莱曼α辐射的星系的光谱研究,在绘制再电离结束图方面取得了很好的进展。然而,最严格的限制,其持续时间来自集成的光学深度,τ,汤姆逊散射的宇宙微波背景。利用哈勃空间望远镜观测到的遥远星系丰度和光度分布的最新数据,我们同时匹配了普朗克合作组最近报道的约化值τ =0.066 +/- 0.012和具有6 <~ z <~ 10范围内再电离历史的星系际介质的演化中性,从而减少了对大量非常高红移(z>>10)星系的需求。我们的分析加强了恒星形成星系主导再电离过程的结论,并对即将到来的21厘米实验和詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜寻找早期星系具有重要意义。

英文摘要:

We discuss new constraints on the epoch of cosmic reionization and test the assumption that most of the ionizing photons responsible arose from high redshift star-forming galaxies. Good progress has been made in charting the end of reionization through spectroscopic studies of z~6-8 QSOs, gamma-ray bursts and galaxies expected to host Lyman-alpha emission. However, the most stringent constraints on its duration have come from the integrated optical depth, tau, of Thomson scattering to the cosmic microwave background. Using the latest data on the abundance and luminosity distribution of distant galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope imaging, we simultaneously match the reduced value tau=0.066 +/- 0.012 recently reported by the Planck collaboration and the evolving neutrality of the intergalactic medium with a reionization history within 6 <~ z <~ 10, thereby reducing the requirement for a significant population of very high redshift (z>>10) galaxies. Our analysis strengthens the conclusion that star-forming galaxies dominated the reionization process and has important implications for upcoming 21cm experiments and searches for early galaxies with James Webb Space Telescope.

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