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z=7.5 QSO ULASJ1342 +0928对再电离的限制

Constraints on reionisation from the z=7.5 QSO ULASJ1342+0928

Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger, Eduardo Bañados

摘要:

最近在$z=7.54$探测到的明亮类星体ULASJ 1342 +0928,提供了一个强有力的探测干预星系际介质的电离状态,可能使我们能够对再电离时代(EoR)设置强有力的约束。在这里,我们从ULASJ 1342 +0928的光谱中的EoR中定量地计算了Ly $α$阻尼机翼吸收的存在。我们的贝叶斯框架同时考虑了以下方面的不确定性:(i)内在类星体发射(从发射线的协方差矩阵重建Ly $α$轮廓获得)和(ii)再电离过程中HII区域的分布(从三个不同的1.6 $^3$ Gpc $^3$模拟中获得,这些模拟跨越了合理的EoR形态范围)。我们的分析是对发现论文(Bañados等人)的补充。和随附的方法论文(Davies等人)因为它只集中在Ly $α$($1218 < λ< 1230$)的阻尼机翼印痕上,并对(i)和(ii)采用不同的方法。我们恢复弱证据阻尼翼吸收。我们的中间EoR模型在$z=7.5$产生体积加权中性氢分数为$\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.21\substack{+0.17 \\ -0.19}$(68%)。约束弱依赖于EoR形态。我们的限值低于先前提出的限值,但它们在~1-1.5 $σ$范围内是一致的。我们将这种差异归因于:(i)从我们的重建管道获得的较低幅度的固有Ly $α$轮廓,由与光谱中相对较弱的其他高电离线的相关性驱动;以及(ii)在计算似然性时仅考虑Ly $α$的向红传输,这降低了可用的约束功率,但使结果较少依赖于模型。我们的研究结果是一致的,与以前的估计EoR的历史,并支持图片的适度延长EoR。

英文摘要:

The recent detection of ULASJ1342+0928, a bright QSO at $z=7.54$, provides a powerful probe of the ionisation state of the intervening intergalactic medium, potentially allowing us to set strong constraints on the epoch of reionisation (EoR). Here we quantify the presence of Ly$α$ damping wing absorption from the EoR in the spectrum of ULASJ1342+0928. Our Bayesian framework simultaneously accounts for uncertainties on: (i) the intrinsic QSO emission (obtained from reconstructing the Ly$α$ profile from a covariance matrix of emission lines) and (ii) the distribution of HII regions during reionisation (obtained from three different 1.6$^3$ Gpc$^3$ simulations spanning the range of plausible EoR morphologies). Our analysis is complementary to that in the discovery paper (Bañados et al.) and the accompanying method paper (Davies et al.) as it focuses solely on the damping wing imprint redward of Ly$α$ ($1218 < λ< 1230$Å), and uses a different methodology for (i) and (ii). We recover weak evidence for damping wing absorption. Our intermediate EoR model yields a volume-weighted neutral hydrogen fraction at $z=7.5$ of $\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.21\substack{+0.17 \\ -0.19}$ (68 per cent). The constraints depend weakly on the EoR morphology. Our limits are lower than those presented previously, though they are consistent at ~1-1.5$σ$. We attribute this difference to: (i) a lower amplitude intrinsic Ly$α$ profile obtained from our reconstruction pipeline, driven by correlations with other high-ionisation lines in the spectrum which are relatively weak; and (ii) only considering transmission redward of Ly$α$ when computing the likelihood, which reduces the available constraining power but makes the results less model-dependent. Our results are consistent with previous estimates of the EoR history, and support the picture of a moderately extended EoR.

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