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z=6.62时QSO的Subaru中分辨率光谱:三次再电离试验

Subaru medium-resolution spectra of a QSO at z=6.62: Three reionization tests

Ting-Yi Lu, Tomotsugu Goto, Ji-Jia Tang, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Yi-Hang Valerie Wong, Chia-Ying Chang, Yi-Han Wu, Seong Jin Kim, Chien-Chang Ho, Ting-Wen Wang, Alvi… 展开作者

Ting-Yi Lu, Tomotsugu Goto, Ji-Jia Tang, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Yi-Hang Valerie Wong, Chia-Ying Chang, Yi-Han Wu, Seong Jin Kim, Chien-Chang Ho, Ting-Wen Wang, Alvina Y. L. On, Daryl Joe D. Santos

摘要:

研究高红移类星体的冈恩-彼得森槽是揭示宇宙再电离的一个重要途径。作为这样的尝试之一,我们进行了一系列的分析,以检查观察到的最高红移的类星体之一,PSO J006.1240+39.2219,我们以前发现在z = 6.62的吸收线。使用斯巴鲁望远镜,我们获得了中等分辨率的光谱,总曝光时间为7.5小时。我们计算了在不同的红移箱中的Ly $α$传输,以确定在5.6 $<$ z $<$ 6.5处的近区半径和光学深度。我们发现在5.75 $<$ z $<$ 5.86处,Ly $α$传输发生突变,这与文献中的结果一致。类星体的近区半径为5.79 $\pm$ 0.09 $p$ Mpc,在以前研究中测量的其他类星体的近区半径的分散范围内。我们还分析了暗隙的分布,以探测超过Gunn-Peterson槽饱和极限的中性氢分数。我们将暗隙的测量扩展到5.7 $<$ z $<$ 6.3。我们发现能隙宽度随着红移的增加而增加,表明在更高的红移处宇宙更中性。然而,这些测量强烈依赖于连续模型。作为一种无连续模型的尝试,我们还进行了暗像素计数分析,以在$z<$ 5.8($z>$ 5.8)处找到$\langle x_{\rm H I} \rangle \sim$ 0.6(0.8)的上限。基于这个类星体的所有三个分析都显示,中性氢越来越倾向于更高的红移,增加了z $\sim$ 6.5的精确测量。

英文摘要:

Investigating the Gunn-Peterson trough of high redshift quasars (QSOs) is a powerful way to reveal the cosmic reionization. As one of such attempts, we perform a series of analyses to examine the absorption lines observed with one of the highest redshift QSOs, PSO J006.1240+39.2219, which we previously discovered at z = 6.62. Using the Subaru telescope, we obtained medium-resolution spectrum with a total exposure time of 7.5 hours. We calculate the Ly$α$ transmission in different redshift bins to determine the near zone radius and the optical depth at 5.6$<$z$<$6.5. We find a sudden change in the Ly$α$ transmission at 5.75$<$z$<$5.86, which is consistent with the result from the literature. The near zone radius of the QSO is 5.79$\pm$0.09 $p$Mpc, within the scatter of the near zone radii of other QSOs measured in previous studies. We also analyze the dark gap distribution to probe the neutral hydrogen fractions beyond the saturation limit of the Gunn-Peterson trough. We extend the measurement of the dark gaps to 5.7$<$z$<$6.3. We find that the gap widths increase with increasing redshifts, suggesting more neutral Universe at higher redshifts. However, these measurements strongly depend on the continuum modeling. As a continuum model-free attempt, we also perform the dark-pixel counting analysis, to find the upper limit of $\langle x_{\rm H I} \rangle \sim$0.6 (0.8) at $z<$5.8 ($z>$5.8). All three analyses based on this QSO show increasingly neutral hydrogen towards higher redshifts, adding precious measurements up to z$\sim$6.5.

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