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一个爆发宇宙中的再电离模型

Modeling Reionization in a Bursty Universe

Blake Hartley, Massimo Ricotti

摘要:

我们提出了半解析模型的时代的再电离集中在连续和突发恒星形成(SF)之间的差异。我们的模型利用物理动机的分析适合在一个有代表性的宇宙体积的暗物质晕周围的HII区域的一维辐射传输模拟。约束我们的模拟与观测到的和外推的UV光度函数的高红移星系,我们发现,对于一个固定的晕质量,恒星星族形成的爆发模型产生较大的HII区域,留下了长寿命的遗迹HII区域,能够保持部分电离的星系际介质(IGM)中的方式类似于早期的X射线背景。整体效果是IGM的光学深度显著增加,$τ_e$,再电离的红移增加较温和。为了产生普朗克观测到的$τ_e =0.066$和红移$z_{\rm re}\sim 6$的完全再电离,具有爆发SF的模型需要一个逃逸分数$f_{\rm esc}\sim 2\%-10\%$,该分数比假设连续SF的$f_{\rm esc}\sim 17\%$低2-10倍,并且与$z=0$和$z\sim 1.3-6$观测到的$f_{\rm esc}$的上限一致。再现观测到的$τ_e$和$z_{\rm re}$所需的电离光子预算取决于SF爆发的周期和占空比以及中性IGM的温度。这些结果表明,如果再电离是由SF短爆发驱动的,那么观测到的和预测的再电离光子收支之间的紧张关系可以得到缓解,这可能与星族III星和致密星团(如原球状星团)的形成有关。

英文摘要:

We present semi-analytic models of the epoch of reionization focusing on the differences between continuous and bursty star formation (SF). Our model utilizes physically motivated analytic fits to 1D radiative transfer simulations of HII regions around dark matter halos in a representative cosmic volume. Constraining our simulations with observed and extrapolated UV luminosity functions of high redshift galaxies, we find that for a fixed halo mass, stellar populations forming in bursty models produce larger HII regions which leave behind long-lived relic HII regions which are able to maintain partial ionization in the intergalactic medium (IGM) in a manner similar to an early X-ray background. The overall effect is a significant increase in the optical depth of the IGM, $τ_e$, and a milder increase of the redshift of reionization. To produce $τ_e =0.066$ observed by Planck and complete reionization by redshift $z_{\rm re}\sim 6$, models with bursty SF require an escape fraction $f_{\rm esc}\sim 2\%-10\%$ that is 2-10 times lower than $f_{\rm esc}\sim 17\%$ found assuming continuous SF and is consistent with upper limits on $f_{\rm esc}$ from observations at $z=0$ and $z\sim 1.3-6$. The ionizing photon budget needed to reproduce the observed $τ_e$ and $z_{\rm re}$ depends on the period and duty cycle of the bursts of SF and the temperature of the neutral IGM. These results suggest that the tension between observed and predicted ionizing photon budget for reionization can be alleviated if reionization is driven by short bursts of SF, perhaps relating to the formation of Population~III stars and compact star clusters such as proto-globular clusters.

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