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SCORCH I:最初10亿年中的星系-晕连接

SCORCH I: The Galaxy-Halo Connection in the First Billion Years

Hy Trac, Renyue Cen, Philip Mansfield

摘要:

SCORCH(Simulations and Constructions of the Reionization of Cosmic Hydrogen)是一个研究再电离时代(EoR)的新项目。在这第一篇论文中,我们探测观测到的高红移星系和模拟暗物质晕之间的联系,以更好地了解电离辐射的主要来源的丰度和演变。高分辨率的N体模拟运行量化的丰富的暗物质晕的质量$M$,吸积率$\dot{M}$,和红移$z$的函数。一个新的适合晕质量函数$dn/dM$是$\approx 20\%$更准确的高质量端,明亮的星系预计居住。本文提出了一种新的方法,用晕质量函数拟合晕吸积速率函数$dn/d\dot{M}$。对观测星系光度函数的绝对匹配被用来估计光度-质量关系和光度-吸积率关系。恒星形成效率与$M$和$\dot{M}$都不是单调的,而是在特征质量$\sim 2 \times 10^{11}\ M_\odot$和特征吸积率$\sim 6 \times 10^2\ M_\odot/{\rm yr}$为$z \approx 6$时达到最大值。我们发现了一个普遍的EoR光度吸积率关系,并构建了一个星系光度函数的基准模型。Schechter参数的演变使得在较高的红移下,$ϕ_\star$减小,$M_\star$更正(更暗),而$α$更负(更陡)。我们预测即将到来的詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜,并表明,与表观星等限制$m_{\rm AB} \approx 31\ (32)$,它可以观察$\gtrsim 11\ (24)$每平方度每单位红移至少下降到$M_\star$在$z \lesssim 13\ (14)$的非透镜星系。

英文摘要:

SCORCH (Simulations and Constructions of the Reionization of Cosmic Hydrogen) is a new project to study the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). In this first paper, we probe the connection between observed high-redshift galaxies and simulated dark matter halos to better understand the abundance and evolution of the primary source of ionizing radiation. High-resolution N-body simulations are run to quantify the abundance of dark matter halos as a function of mass $M$, accretion rate $\dot{M}$, and redshift $z$. A new fit for the halo mass function $dn/dM$ is $\approx 20\%$ more accurate at the high-mass end where bright galaxies are expected to reside. A novel approach is used to fit the halo accretion rate function $dn/d\dot{M}$ in terms of the halo mass function. Abundance matching against the observed galaxy luminosity function is used to estimate the luminosity-mass relation and the luminosity-accretion-rate relation. The inferred star formation efficiency is not monotonic with $M$ nor $\dot{M}$, but reaches a maximum value at a characteristic mass $\sim 2 \times 10^{11}\ M_\odot$ and a characteristic accretion rate $\sim 6 \times 10^2\ M_\odot/{\rm yr}$ at $z \approx 6$. We find a universal EoR luminosity-accretion-rate relation and construct a fiducial model for the galaxy luminosity function. The Schechter parameters evolve such that $ϕ_\star$ decreases, $M_\star$ is more positive (fainter), and $α$ is more negative (steeper) at higher redshifts. We forecast for the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope and show that with apparent magnitude limit $m_{\rm AB} \approx 31\ (32)$, it can observe $\gtrsim 11\ (24)$ unlensed galaxies per square degree per unit redshift at least down to $M_\star$ at $z \lesssim 13\ (14)$.

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