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QSO吸收线系统中Fe/Mg的宇宙演化

On the Cosmic Evolution of Fe/Mg in QSO Absorption Line Systems

Arjun Dey, Paul Torrey, Kate H. R. Rubin, Guangtun Ben Zhu, Joshua Suresh

摘要:

我们研究了从JHU-SDSS吸收线目录中抽取的大样本吸收线中Fe Ⅱ $λ$ 2600线与Mg Ⅱ $λλ$ 2796,2803双线的等效宽度之比随红移的变化。我们发现,尽管大的散射,所观察到的比率显示出的趋势,其中的等效宽度比$\mathcal{R}\equiv W_{\rm FeII}/W_{\rm MgII}$随着增加的红移$z$的范围$0.55 \le z \le 1.90$单调减少。选择吸收体的子集,其中的MgII等效宽度$W_{\rm MgII}$的信噪比是$\ge$ 3和建模的等效宽度比分布为高斯,我们发现,高斯分布的平均值变化为$\mathcal{R}\propto (-0.045\pm0.005)z$。我们讨论了这种趋势的各种可能原因。一个单调的趋势,在Fe/Mg丰度比的预测由一个简单的模型,其中的Mg和Fe的丰度在吸收云被假定为超新星喷出物的结果,并在SNIa和核心坍缩超新星率的宇宙演化与宇宙恒星的形成率。如果$\mathcal{R}$的趋势反映了丰度的演变,那么它与简单模型的预测是一致的。

英文摘要:

We investigate the variation of the ratio of the equivalent widths of the FeII$λ$2600 line to the MgII$λλ$2796,2803 doublet as a function of redshift in a large sample of absorption lines drawn from the JHU-SDSS Absorption Line Catalog. We find that despite large scatter, the observed ratio shows a trend where the equivalent width ratio $\mathcal{R}\equiv W_{\rm FeII}/W_{\rm MgII}$ decreases monotonically with increasing redshift $z$ over the range $0.55 \le z \le 1.90$. Selecting the subset of absorbers where the signal-to-noise ratio of the MgII equivalent width $W_{\rm MgII}$ is $\ge$3 and modeling the equivalent width ratio distribution as a gaussian, we find that the mean of the gaussian distribution varies as $\mathcal{R}\propto (-0.045\pm0.005)z$. We discuss various possible reasons for the trend. A monotonic trend in the Fe/Mg abundance ratio is predicted by a simple model where the abundances of Mg and Fe in the absorbing clouds are assumed to be the result of supernova ejecta and where the cosmic evolution in the SNIa and core-collapse supernova rates is related to the cosmic star-formation rate. If the trend in $\mathcal{R}$ reflects the evolution in the abundances, then it is consistent with the predictions of the simple model.

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