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通过光电离反馈形成大量布居III半导体:对CR7的一种可能解释

Formation of Massive Population III Galaxies through Photoionization Feedback: A Possible Explanation for CR7

Eli Visbal, Zoltan Haiman, Greg L. Bryan

摘要:

我们探讨了通过光电离反馈的大规模高红移人口III(Pop III)星系的形成。我们认为暗物质晕形成的祖先没有经历过恒星形成的早期再电离和附近的星系造成的光蒸发的结果。一旦这样的晕达到$\approx 10^9~M_\odot$,对应于光热星系际介质(IGM)在$z\approx 7$的金斯质量,原始气体就能够坍缩到晕中,可能产生大规模的Pop III星暴。我们认为这一假设可以解释最近在CR 7中观测到的强He II 1640~ 1640~ 1640线发射,这与年轻Pop III星的$\sim 10^7~M_\odot$是一致的。如果没有光电离反馈的情况,那么这么大质量的Pop III恒星是不可能的,因为恒星的形成预计会将金属注入到原子冷却阈值以上的晕中($\sim 10^8~M_\odot$在$z \approx 7$)。我们使用合并树来分析估计通过这个通道形成的可观测到的Pop III星系的丰度,并在$z=6.6$(CR 7的红移)处发现了$\approx 10^{-7}~{\rm Mpc^{-3}}$的数密度。这比亮度与CR 7相同的Ly $α$发射体的密度大约低10倍。

英文摘要:

We explore the formation of massive high-redshift Population III (Pop III) galaxies through photoionization feedback. We consider dark matter halos formed from progenitors that have undergone no star formation as a result of early reionization and photoevaporation caused by a nearby galaxy. Once such a halo reaches $\approx 10^9~M_\odot$, corresponding to the Jeans mass of the photoheated intergalactic medium (IGM) at $z\approx 7$, pristine gas is able to collapse into the halo, potentially producing a massive Pop III starburst. We suggest that this scenario may explain the recent observation of strong He II 1640~Å~line emission in CR7, which is consistent with $\sim 10^7~M_\odot$ of young Pop III stars. Such a large mass of Pop III stars is unlikely without the photoionization feedback scenario, because star formation is expected to inject metals into halos above the atomic cooling threshold ($\sim 10^8~M_\odot$ at $z \approx 7$). We use merger trees to analytically estimate the abundance of observable Pop III galaxies formed through this channel, and find a number density of $\approx 10^{-7}~{\rm Mpc^{-3}}$ at $z=6.6$ (the redshift of CR7). This is approximately a factor of ten lower than the density of Ly$α$ emitters as bright as CR7.

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