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He I 10830对氦丰度测定的影响

The effects of He I 10830 on helium abundance determinations

Erik Aver, Keith A. Olive, Evan D. Skillman

摘要:

对河外贫金属H Ⅱ区氦和氢发射谱线的观测为确定原始氦丰度Y_p提供了一种独立的方法。此外,当使用这些线时,由于物理参数(如温度和密度)的简并性,氦丰度测定中会出现较大的系统不确定性。最近,Izotov,Thuan和Guseva(2014)率先在氦丰度测定中加入He 10830红外发射线。He 10830的强电子密度依赖性使其成为更好约束密度的理想选择,可能会打破随温度的简并性。我们重新审视了对Izotov,Thuan和Stasinska(2007)发表的数据集的分析,并通过使用理论上的Paschen-gamma比来缩放He 10830的新观测结果。解决方案受到更好的约束,特别是对于电子密度,温度和中性氢分数,改善了模型对数据的拟合,结果是除了标准的95%置信水平切割之外,更多的光谱现在通过了质量和可靠性的筛选。此外,He 10830的加入降低了所有星系氦丰度的不确定性,不确定性降低了10- 80%。总的来说,我们发现Y_p的不确定性降低了50%以上。从回归到零金属丰度,我们确定Y_p = 0.2449 +/- 0.0040,与基于普朗克重子密度测定的BBN结果Y_p = 0.2470 +/- 0.0002一致。从纳入He 10830的不确定性的显着改善强烈支持的情况下,同时(因此不需要缩放)观测可见光和红外氦发射线光谱。

英文摘要:

Observations of helium and hydrogen emission lines from metal-poor extragalactic H II regions provide an independent method for determining the primordial helium abundance, Y_p. Traditionally, the emission lines employed are in the visible wavelength range, and the number of suitable lines is limited. Furthermore, when using these lines, large systematic uncertainties in helium abundance determinations arise due to the degeneracy of physical parameters, such as temperature and density. Recently, Izotov, Thuan, & Guseva (2014) have pioneered adding the He 10830 infrared emission line in helium abundance determinations. The strong electron density dependence of He 10830 makes it ideal for better constraining density, potentially breaking the degeneracy with temperature. We revisit our analysis of the dataset published by Izotov, Thuan, & Stasinska (2007) and incorporate the newly available observations of He 10830 by scaling them using the observed-to-theoretical Paschen-gamma ratio. The solutions are better constrained, in particular for electron density, temperature, and the neutral hydrogen fraction, improving the model fit to data, with the result that more spectra now pass screening for quality and reliability, in addition to a standard 95% confidence level cut. Furthermore, the addition of He 10830 decreases the uncertainty on the helium abundance for all galaxies, with reductions in the uncertainty ranging from 10-80%. Overall, we find a reduction in the uncertainty on Y_p by over 50%. From a regression to zero metallicity, we determine Y_p = 0.2449 +/- 0.0040, consistent with the BBN result, Y_p = 0.2470 +/- 0.0002, based on the Planck determination of the baryon density. The dramatic improvement in the uncertainty from incorporating He 10830 strongly supports the case for simultaneous (thus not requiring scaling) observations of visible and infrared helium emission line spectra.

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