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星系和AGN在IGM再电离中的作用:$5\lesssim z\lesssim6$再电离微弱源的金属示踪

The role of galaxies and AGN in reionizing the IGM - II: metal-tracing the faint sources of reionization at $5\lesssim z\lesssim6$

Romain A. Meyer, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Koki Kakiichi, Richard S. Ellis

摘要:

提出了一种利用类星体(Quasi Stellar Object,QSO)视线中金属吸收体与星系际介质(Intergalactic Media,IGM)传输的一维相关性来研究暗源对紫外背景贡献的新方法。利用$25$高信噪比类星体谱的一个样本,反演了位于$4.5\lesssim z\lesssim 6.2$的$150$三重电离碳(\cfour)吸收体,其中$37$系统的H{~ \small I}吸收位于Lyman-$α$森林中.我们得到改进的约束的宇宙密度的\cfour \,在$4.3< z < 6.2$和推断从丰度匹配,\cfour \,吸收剂跟踪$M_{\text{UV}}\lesssim -16$星系。与类星体的Lyman-$α$森林的相关性表明,这些天体被一个高度不透明的区域所包围,该区域在$r\lesssim 5 $ cMpc/h处,随后在$2.7σ$检测到$r\gtrsim 10$ cMpc/h处有过量的透射。这与在较低的红移下只检测到不透明槽的等效测量相反。我们解释这种过剩作为一个统计增强的本地光电离率由于聚集在周围的\cfour \,吸收微弱的星系。使用本系列论文I中所描述的分析框架,我们推导出了一个约束条件的平均产品的逃逸分数和莱曼连续体光子生产效率的星系人口聚集周围的\cfour \,吸收剂,$\log \langle f_{\text{esc}}ξ_{\text{ion}}\rangle /[{\rm erg^{-1}~Hz}] = 25.01^{+0.30}_{-0.19}$。这意味着,在再电离时代结束时,超出当前设施范围的微弱星系可能具有比当前检测到的物体更硬的辐射场和/或更大的逃逸分数。

英文摘要:

We present a new method to study the contribution of faint sources to the UV background using the 1D correlation of metal absorbers with the intergalactic medium (IGM) transmission in a Quasi Stellar Object (QSO) sightline. We take advantage of a sample of $25$ high signal-to-noise ratio QSO spectra to retrieve $150$ triply-ionised carbon (\cfour) absorbers at $4.5\lesssim z\lesssim 6.2$, of which $37$ systems whose expected H{~\small I} absorption lie in the Lyman-$α$ forest. We derive improved constraints on the cosmic density of \cfour \,at $4.3< z < 6.2$ and infer from abundance-matching that \cfour \,absorbers trace $M_{\text{UV}}\lesssim -16$ galaxies. Correlation with the Lyman-$α$ forest of the QSOs indicates that these objects are surrounded by a highly opaque region at $r\lesssim 5 $ cMpc/h followed by an excess of transmission at $r\gtrsim 10$ cMpc/h detected at $2.7σ$. This is in contrast to equivalent measurements at lower redshifts where only the opaque trough is detected. We interpret this excess as a statistical enhancement of the local photoionisation rate due to clustered faint galaxies around the \cfour \,absorbers. Using the analytical framework described in Paper I of this series, we derive a constraint on the average product of the escape fraction and the Lyman continuum photon production efficiency of the galaxy population clustered around the \cfour \,absorbers, $\log \langle f_{\text{esc}}ξ_{\text{ion}}\rangle /[{\rm erg^{-1}~Hz}] = 25.01^{+0.30}_{-0.19}$. This implies that faint galaxies beyond the reach of current facilities may have harder radiation fields and/or larger escape fractions than currently detected objects at the end of the reionisation epoch.

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