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关于富金属星系际介质与星系之间的联系:$z < 1$的OVI-星系互相关研究

On the connection between the metal-enriched intergalactic medium and galaxies: an OVI-galaxy cross-correlation study at $z < 1$

Charles W. Finn, Simon L. Morris, Nicolas Tejos, Neil H. M. Crighton, Robert Perry, Michele Fumagalli, Rich Bielby, Tom Theuns, Joop Schaye, Tom Shanks, Jochen … 展开作者

Charles W. Finn, Simon L. Morris, Nicolas Tejos, Neil H. M. Crighton, Robert Perry, Michele Fumagalli, Rich Bielby, Tom Theuns, Joop Schaye, Tom Shanks, Jochen Liske, Madusha L. P. Gunawardhana, Stephanie Bartle

摘要:

本文给出了在$z < 1$上研究$\sim 18~\textrm{Gpc}^3$共动体中星系和OVI吸收体的自相关函数和互相关函数的新结果。我们使用一个样本的51,296个星系和140个OVI吸收柱密度范围内的$13 \lesssim \log N \lesssim 15$测量两点相关函数在两个维度的横向和正交的视线$ξ(r_{\perp}, r_{\parallel})$。我们进一步推断相应的“实空间”相关函数,$ξ(r)$,通过投影$ξ(r_{\perp}, r_{\parallel})$沿$r_{\parallel}$,并假设一个幂律形式,$ξ(r) = (r / r_0)^{-γ}$。通过比较星系-星系互相关函数$ξ_{\textrm{ag}}$、星系自相关函数$ξ_{\textrm{gg}}$和吸收体自相关函数$ξ_{\textrm{aa}}$的结果,我们将星系和富金属星系际介质之间的统计联系限定为恒星形成活动的函数。我们还比较了这些结果从EAGLE宇宙流体动力学模拟的预测,并找到一个合理的协议。我们发现:(i)OVI吸收体在$\sim$ Mpc尺度上显示出非常小的速度色散,可能是$\lesssim$ 100 \kms ;(ii)OVI吸收体和星系可能不会线性地追踪相同的物质分布。特别是,我们的研究结果表明,OVI吸收较少聚集,并可能更多地延伸到星系周围比星系周围的星系本身;(iii)在$\gtrsim 100$ kpc尺度上,在恒星形成星系周围发现OVI吸收体的可能性与在非恒星形成星系周围发现OVI吸收体的可能性相似。

英文摘要:

We present new results on the auto- and cross-correlation functions of galaxies and OVI absorbers in a $\sim 18~\textrm{Gpc}^3$ comoving volume at $z < 1$. We use a sample of 51,296 galaxies and 140 OVI absorbers in the column density range $13 \lesssim \log N \lesssim 15$ to measure two-point correlation functions in the two dimensions transverse and orthogonal to the line-of-sight $ξ(r_{\perp}, r_{\parallel})$. We furthermore infer the corresponding 'real-space' correlation functions, $ξ(r)$, by projecting $ξ(r_{\perp}, r_{\parallel})$ along $r_{\parallel}$, and assuming a power-law form, $ξ(r) = (r / r_0)^{-γ}$. Comparing the results from the absorber-galaxy cross-correlation function, $ξ_{\textrm{ag}}$, the galaxy auto-correlation function, $ξ_{\textrm{gg}}$, and the absorber auto-correlation function, $ξ_{\textrm{aa}}$, we constrain the statistical connection between galaxies and the metal-enriched intergalactic medium as a function of star-formation activity. We also compare these results to predictions from the EAGLE cosmological hydrodynamical simulation and find a reasonable agreement. We find that: (i) OVI absorbers show very little velocity dispersion with respect to galaxies on $\sim$ Mpc scales, likely $\lesssim$ 100 \kms; (ii) OVI absorbers and galaxies may not linearly trace the same underlying distribution of matter in general. In particular, our results demonstrate that OVI absorbers are less clustered, and potentially more extended around galaxies than galaxies are around themselves; (iii) On $\gtrsim 100$ kpc scales, the likelihood of finding OVI absorbers around star-forming galaxies is similar to the likelihood of finding OVI absorbers around non star-forming galaxies (abridged)

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