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低信噪比下阻尼莱曼α(DLA)系统的金属线强度指示器

A metal-line strength indicator for Damped Lyman Alpha (DLA) systems at low signal-to-noise

Andreu Arinyo-i-Prats, Lluis Mas-Ribas, Jordi Miralda-Escude, Ignasi Perez-Rafols, Pasquier Noterdaeme

摘要:

SDSS-III的重子振荡光谱巡天提供了一个前所未有的大样本阻尼\lya系统(DLAs),宇宙中最大的中性氢储存库。该DLA样品已被用于确定DLA偏置因子,从它们与\cite{FontRibera2012,Perez2018}中的\lya森林吸收的互相关,表明DLA与相对大量的晕相关。然而,BOSS光谱的低分辨率和信噪比不允许DLA金属线的精确测量。我们定义了一个金属强度参数,$S$,基于17条金属线的等效宽度相结合,可以测量与最佳的信噪比个别DLA在BOSS光谱,允许DLA人口的分类成不同的$S$的亚组。我们给出了这种DLA金属强度的分布及其平均值对$N_{\rm HI}$和红移的依赖性。我们搜索的系统性影响和变化的目录纯度通过检查的依赖性的$S$分布的光谱信号-噪声和估计误差$S$。公开了一个DLA目录,其中包含选定的17条金属线的测量等效宽度和$S$的值,该目录将用于测量DLA偏置因子对$S$参数的依赖性。金属强度对气体金属丰度和速度色散的关系可以通过研究作为$S$的函数的DLAs的堆叠金属吸收光谱来约束,允许未来确定偏置因子对DLAs的金属丰度和速度色散的依赖性。

英文摘要:

The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III has provided an unprecedentedly large sample of Damped \lya systems (DLAs), the largest repositories of neutral hydrogen in the Universe. This DLA sample has been used to determine the DLA bias factor from their cross-correlation with the \lya forest absorption in \cite{FontRibera2012,Perez2018}, showing that DLAs are associated with relatively massive halos. However, the low resolution and signal-to-noise of BOSS spectra do not allow precise measurements of the DLA metal lines. We define a metal strength parameter, $S$, based on combining equivalent widths of 17 metal lines, that can be measured with an optimal signal-to-noise ratio for individual DLAs in BOSS spectra, allowing for the classification of the DLA population into subgroups of different $S$. We present the distribution of this DLA metal strength and the dependence of its mean value on $N_{\rm HI}$ and redshift. We search for systematic effects and variations in the catalogue purity by examining the dependence of the $S$ distribution on the spectral signal-to-noise and the estimated error on $S$. A catalogue of DLAs with measured equivalent widths for the selected 17 metal lines and the value of $S$ is made publicly available, which will be used to measure the dependence of the DLA bias factor on the $S$ parameter. The relation of the metal strength on the gas metal abundances and velocity dispersion can be constrained by studying the stacked metal absorption spectra of DLAs as a function of $S$, allowing for future determinations of the dependence of the bias factor on the metallicity and velocity dispersion of DLAs.

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