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星系光谱分析中星系际介质的有效不透明度

Effective Opacity of the Intergalactic Medium from Galaxy Spectra Analysis

Jose S. Monzon, J. Xavier Prochaska, Khee-Gan Lee, John Chisholm

摘要:

本文利用281个Lyman-Break Galerkin(LBG)在红移范围$2 \lesssim z \lesssim 3$内的合成光谱测量了星系际介质(IGM)的有效不透明度($τ_{eff}$)。我们的光谱取自COSMOS Lyman-Alpha映射和层析观测(CLAMATO)调查,该调查来自W.M.上的低分辨率成像光谱仪(LRIS)。我是望远镜。我们在两个红移区间生成复合光谱,并将其与由简单恒星星族组成的光谱能量分布(SED)模型进行拟合。将这些SED模型外推到Ly $α$森林中,我们测量了$2.02 \leq z \leq 2.44$范围内的有效Ly $α$不透明度($τ_{eff}$)。在$z = 2.22$中,我们通过对数据的幂律拟合来估计$τ_{eff} = 0.159 \pm 0.001$。这些测量结果与$z<2.5$类星体分析的估计一致,表明与规范化类星体连续体相关的系统误差并不重要。我们提供了一个高斯过程模型,我们的结果和以前的$τ_{eff}$测量,描述了从$z = 1.5 - 4$在$τ_{eff}$的陡峭的红移演化。

英文摘要:

We measure the effective opacity ($τ_{eff}$) of the Intergalactic Medium (IGM) from the composite spectra of 281 Lyman-Break Galaxies (LBGs) in the redshift range $2 \lesssim z \lesssim 3$. Our spectra are taken from the COSMOS Lyman-Alpha Mapping And Tomographic Observations (CLAMATO) survey derived from the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (LRIS) on the W.M. Keck I telescope. We generate composite spectra in two redshift intervals and fit them with spectral energy distribution (SED) models composed of simple stellar populations. Extrapolating these SED models into the Ly$α$ forest, we measure the effective Ly$α$ opacity ($τ_{eff}$) in the $2.02 \leq z \leq 2.44$ range. At $z = 2.22$, we estimate $τ_{eff} = 0.159 \pm 0.001$ from a power-law fit to the data. These measurements are consistent with estimates from quasar analyses at $z<2.5$ indicating that the systematic errors associated with normalizing quasar continua are not substantial. We provide a Gaussian Processes model of our results and previous $τ_{eff}$ measurements that describes the steep redshift evolution in $τ_{eff}$ from $z = 1.5 - 4$.

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