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用半解析模型探索宇宙学背景下的Milky Way环银河系介质

Exploring the Milky Way Circumgalactic Medium in a Cosmological Context with a Semi-Analytic Model

Yakov Faerman, Viraj Pandya, Rachel S. Somerville, Amiel Sternberg

摘要:

我们将星系形成和演化的Santa-Cruz半解析模型(SAM)与Faerman等人(2020)提出的环星系介质(CGM)模型相结合,探索了$L^{*}$星系的CGM性质。我们使用SAM产生的样本的星系晕质量类似于银河系(MW)晕,$M_{\rm vir} \approx 10^{12}~{\rm M_{sun}}$,并发现CGM质量和平均金属丰度的样本相关。我们使用CGM质量和SAM星系的金属丰度作为FSM 20模型的输入,并改变非热支持的量。在我们的模型中的密度分布可以近似的幂律函数的斜率范围内的$0.75 < a_n < 1.25$,更高的非热压力导致更平坦的分布。我们探讨了气体压力,分散措施,OVI-OVIII柱密度,和冷却速率的气体分布和总质量的行为。我们发现,CGM质量低于$\sim 3 \times 10^{10}~{\rm M_{sun}}$,光电离有显着的影响,柱密度的OVI和OVIII。不同MW CGM观测结果的组合有利于在热压、磁场/宇宙射线和湍流支持方面具有相似分数的模型,以及具有$M_{\rm gas} \sim 3-10 \times 10^{10}~{\rm M_{sun}}$的模型。MW OVI色谱柱需要$t_{\rm cool}/t_{\rm dyn} \sim 4$,与气体分布无关。SAM中AGN喷流驱动的加热速率足以抵消CGM冷却,尽管恒星形成星系不需要精确的平衡。我们提供预测的列密度的额外的金属离子-NV,NeVIII,和MgX。

英文摘要:

We combine the Santa-Cruz Semi-Analytic Model (SAM) for galaxy formation and evolution with the circumgalactic medium (CGM) model presented in Faerman et al. (2020) to explore the CGM properties of $L^{*}$ galaxies. We use the SAM to generate a sample of galaxies with halo masses similar to the Milky Way (MW) halo, $M_{\rm vir} \approx 10^{12}~{\rm M_{sun}}$, and find that the CGM mass and mean metallicity in the sample are correlated. We use the CGM masses and metallicities of the SAM galaxies as inputs for the FSM20 model, and vary the amount of non-thermal support. The density profiles in our models can be approximated by power-law functions with slopes in the range of $0.75 < a_n < 1.25$, with higher non-thermal pressure resulting in flatter distributions. We explore how the gas pressure, dispersion measure, OVI-OVIII column densities, and cooling rates behave with the gas distribution and total mass. We show that for CGM masses below $\sim 3 \times 10^{10}~{\rm M_{sun}}$, photoionization has a significant effect on the column densities of OVI and OVIII. The combination of different MW CGM observations favors models with similar fractions in thermal pressure, magnetic fields/cosmic rays, and turbulent support, and with $M_{\rm gas} \sim 3-10 \times 10^{10}~{\rm M_{sun}}$. The MW OVI column requires $t_{\rm cool}/t_{\rm dyn} \sim 4$, independent of the gas distribution. The AGN jet-driven heating rates in the SAM are enough to offset the CGM cooling, although exact balance is not required in star-forming galaxies. We provide predictions for the columns densities of additional metal ions - NV, NeVIII, and MgX.

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