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再电离结束时的模拟金属和HI吸收线

Simulated metal and HI absorption lines at the conclusion of Reionization

L. A. Garcia, E. Tescari, E. V. Ryan-Weber, J. S. B. Wyithe

摘要:

我们提出了一个星系际金属吸收线的理论研究中,再电离时代(EoR)期间和之后的遥远的类星体的光谱印记。我们使用高分辨率的流体动力学模拟在高红移($4 <z<8$),假设一个均匀的UV背景Haardt-Madau 12,后处理与云光电离模型和Voigt轮廓拟合准确地计算离子CII,CIV,SiII,SiIV和OI在星系际介质(IGM)的柱密度。此外,我们在$z<6$生成中性氢(HI)的模拟观测。我们的模拟成功地再现了CII和CIV的宇宙学质量密度($Ω$)的演化,在$z >6$处$Ω_{CII}$超过了$Ω_{CIV}$,与EoR尾部的当前图像一致。模拟的CII呈现双峰分布,在星系内部和周围有大的散射,在低密度IGM中有一些痕迹。我们发现在$z=6$不同的离子物种之间的观测和模拟的柱密度关系之间的一些差异,可能是由于在假设的紫外背景的不确定性。最后,我们的模拟与观测的HI柱密度分布函数在$z = 4$和HI宇宙学质量密度$Ω_{HI}$在$4 < z < 6$。

英文摘要:

We present a theoretical study of intergalactic metal absorption lines imprinted in the spectra of distant quasars during and after the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). We use high resolution hydrodynamical simulations at high redshift ($4 <z<8$), assuming a uniform UV background Haardt--Madau 12, post-processing with CLOUDY photoionization models and Voigt profile fitting to accurately calculate column densities of the ions CII, CIV, SiII, SiIV and OI in the intergalactic medium (IGM). In addition, we generate mock observations of neutral Hydrogen (HI) at $z<6$. Our simulations successfully reproduce the evolution of the cosmological mass density ($Ω$) of CII and CIV, with $Ω_{CII}$ exceeding $Ω_{CIV}$ at $z >6$, consistent with the current picture of the tail of the EoR. The simulated CII exhibits a bimodal distribution with large absorptions in and around galaxies, and some traces in the lower density IGM. We find some discrepancies between the observed and simulated column density relationships among different ionic species at $z=6$, probably due to uncertainties in the assumed UV background. Finally, our simulations are in good agreement with observations of the HI column density distribution function at $z = 4$ and the HI cosmological mass density $Ω_{HI}$ at $4 < z < 6$.

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