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arXiv 2012.00021astro-ph.GA
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逐云、多相、贝叶斯模拟:应用于四个弱、低电离吸收体

Cloud-by-cloud, multiphase, Bayesian modeling: Application to four weak, low ionization absorbers

Sameer, J. C. Charlton, J. M. Norris, M. Gebhardt, C. W. Churchill, G. G. Kacprzak, S. Muzahid, Anand Narayanan, N. M. Nielsen, Philipp Richter, Bart P. Wakker

摘要:

本文提出了一种新的方法,旨在提高类星体吸收线系统的组分电离建模的效率。我们进行了云的云,多相建模利用云和贝叶斯方法提取的物理特性,从一个合奏的吸收剖面。在这里,作为方法的演示,我们集中在四个弱,低电离吸收在低红移,因为他们是多相的,但相对简单的约束。我们将错误的推断金属丰度和电离参数为个别云,并显示,该值不同的组件的吸收剖面。我们的方法需要用户输入相位的数量,并依赖于每个相位的优化过渡,一个观察到的高分辨率和信噪比。测得的多普勒参数的优化过渡提供了一个约束的多普勒参数的HI,从而提供杠杆作用的金属丰度测量,即使当氢线饱和。我们提出了我们的方法的几个测试,证明我们可以从模拟配置文件中恢复输入参数。我们还考虑了我们的模型结果如何受到观测所覆盖的辐射跃迁(例如有多少HI跃迁)和优化跃迁的b参数的不确定性的影响。我们讨论的成功和局限性的方法,并考虑其潜在的大型统计研究。这种改进的方法将有助于建立不同的属性之间的直接联系,从表征吸收剂和多个物理过程中发挥的环银河系介质。

英文摘要:

We present a new method aimed at improving the efficiency of component by component ionization modeling of intervening quasar absorption line systems. We carry out cloud-by-cloud, multiphase modeling making use of CLOUDY and Bayesian methods to extract physical properties from an ensemble of absorption profiles. Here, as a demonstration of method, we focus on four weak, low ionization absorbers at low redshift, because they are multi-phase but relatively simple to constrain. We place errors on the inferred metallicities and ionization parameters for individual clouds, and show that the values differ from component to component across the absorption profile. Our method requires user input on the number of phases and relies on an optimized transition for each phase, one observed with high resolution and signal-to-noise. The measured Doppler parameter of the optimized transition provides a constraint on the Doppler parameter of HI, thus providing leverage in metallicity measurements even when hydrogen lines are saturated. We present several tests of our methodology, demonstrating that we can recover the input parameters from simulated profiles. We also consider how our model results are affected by which radiative transitions are covered by observations (for example how many HI transitions) and by uncertainties in the b parameters of optimized transitions. We discuss the successes and limitations of the method, and consider its potential for large statistical studies. This improved methodology will help to establish direct connections between the diverse properties derived from characterizing the absorbers and the multiple physical processes at play in the circumgalactic medium.

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