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一个具有Mg X吸收的热气态星系晕候选者

A hot gaseous galaxy halo candidate with Mg X absorption

Zhijie Qu, Joel N. Bregman

摘要:

星系晕中的热气体可能是星系中重子缺失的重要组成部分,其中一些气体可以被类星体紫外光谱中的高电离吸收系统所追踪。利用高S/N比的$ HST$ /COS光谱,在朝向\object{LBQS 1435-0134}的视线中,发现了$z=1.1912$处的高电离态系统,并发现了Mg X、Ne VIII、Ne VI、O VI、Ne V、O V、Ne IV、O IV、N IV、O III和H I的双组分吸收线匹配。Mg X是第一次被探测到($5.8 σ$),它是热星系晕的一个特别直接的示踪剂,因为它的峰值离子分数出现在$10^{6.1}\rm~ K$附近,大约是质量为$\sim 0.5 M^*$的维里化热星系晕的温度。与镁X和NeVIII,光电离模型不能再现所观察到的柱密度与星系晕的路径长度。对于碰撞电离模型,一个或两个温度模型不能产生可接受的拟合,但三个温度模型或幂律模型可以产生观察到的结果。在幂律模型中,温度在$10^{4.39\pm0.13} {\rm~K} < T < 10^{6.04\pm0.05}~ {\rm K}$范围内的${\rm d}N/{\rm d}T = 10^{4.4\pm 2.2-[Z/X]} T^{1.55\pm 0.41}$,总氢柱密度为$8.2 \times 10^{19} (0.3Z_{\odot}/Z) \rm~ cm^{-2}$,正幂律指数表明大部分质量处于高温端。我们认为,这个吸收系统是一个热的体积充满星系晕,而不是热晕和冷云之间的相互作用层。柱密度的温度依赖性可能是由于多相气体的局部混合。

英文摘要:

The hot gas in galaxy halos may account for a significant fraction of missing baryons in galaxies, and some of these gases can be traced by high ionization absorption systems in QSO UV spectra. Using high S/N ratio $ HST$/COS spectra, we discovered a high ionization state system at $z=1.1912$ in the sightline toward \object{LBQS 1435-0134}, and two-components absorption lines are matched for Mg X, Ne VIII, Ne VI, O VI, Ne V, O V, Ne IV, O IV, N IV, O III, and H I. Mg X, detected for the first time ($5.8 σ$), is a particularly direct tracer of hot galactic halos, as its peak ion fraction occurs near $10^{6.1}\rm~ K$, about the temperature of a virialized hot galaxy halo of mass $\sim 0.5 M^*$. With Mg X and NeVIII, a photoionization model cannot reproduce the observed column densities with path lengths of galaxy halos. For collisional ionization models, one or two temperature models do not produce acceptable fits, but a three temperature model or a power law model can produce the observed results. In the power law model, ${\rm d}N/{\rm d}T = 10^{4.4\pm 2.2-[Z/X]} T^{1.55\pm 0.41}$ with temperatures in the range $10^{4.39\pm0.13} {\rm~K} < T < 10^{6.04\pm0.05}~ {\rm K}$, the total hydrogen column density is $8.2 \times 10^{19} (0.3Z_{\odot}/Z) \rm~ cm^{-2}$ and the positive power law index indicates most of the mass is at the high temperature end. We suggest that this absorption system is a hot volume-filled galaxy halo rather than interaction layers between the hot halo and cool clouds. The temperature dependence of the column density is likely due to the local mixture of multiple phase gases.

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