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arXiv 2003.08958astro-ph.CO
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用快速半数值方法研究$z \sim 5.5$的Lyman-$α$光学深度起伏

Studying the Lyman-$α$ optical depth fluctuations at $z \sim 5.5$ using fast semi-numerical methods

T. Roy Choudhury, Aseem Paranjape, Sarah E. I. Bosman

摘要:

本文提出了一种计算效率高、速度快的半数值方法,用于模拟在红移$5 \lesssim z \lesssim 6$处再电离后留下的中性氢"岛"存在下的Lyman-$α$(Ly $α$)吸收光学深度。分析的主要输入是(一)半数值光子守恒模型的电离区在再电离(命名为CNOT)随着处方模拟阴影的中性岛和(ii)波动冈恩-彼得森近似模型的Ly $α$吸收。然后,我们的模型被用来模拟的有效光学深度的大尺度波动,沿视线向高$-z$类星体。我们的模型由五个参数完全描述。通过将其中两个设置为默认值并改变其他三个,我们获得了数据允许的$5 \lesssim z \lesssim 6$再电离历史的约束。我们确认,在$\gtrsim 2σ$置信度下,在$z \sim 5.6$之前,再电离是\emph{not}完成的,确切的置信限取决于如何处理数据中未检测到通量。我们还证实,再电离的完成可以迟至$z \sim 5.2$。随着模型的进一步改进和在$z \sim 6$更多的视线,我们可以利用我们的分析的计算效率,以获得更严格的约束的电离分数在尾端的再电离。

英文摘要:

We present a computationally efficient and fast semi-numerical technique for simulating the Lyman-$α$ (Ly$α$) absorption optical depth in presence of neutral hydrogen "islands" left over from reionization at redshifts $5 \lesssim z \lesssim 6$. The main inputs to the analysis are (i) a semi-numerical photon-conserving model of ionized regions during reionization (named SCRIPT) along with a prescription for simulating the shadowing by neutral islands and (ii) the fluctuating Gunn-Peterson approximation to model the Ly$α$ absorption. Our model is then used for simulating the large-scale fluctuations in the effective optical depth as observed along sight lines towards high$-z$ quasars. Our model is fully described by five parameters. By setting two of them to default values and varying the other three, we obtain the constraints on reionization history at $5 \lesssim z \lesssim 6$ as allowed by the data. We confirm that reionization is \emph{not} complete before $z \sim 5.6$ at $\gtrsim 2σ$ confidence, with the exact confidence limits depending on how the non-detections of the flux in the data are treated. We also confirm that the completion of reionization can be as late as $z \sim 5.2$. With further improvements in the model and with more sight lines at $z \sim 6$, we can take advantage of the computational efficiency of our analysis to obtain more stringent constraints on the ionization fraction at the tail-end of reionization.

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