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用暗隙统计追踪$5 < z < 6$上Ly $α$森林中宇宙再电离的尾部

Chasing the Tail of Cosmic Reionization with Dark Gap Statistics in the Ly$α$ Forest over $5 < z < 6$

Yongda Zhu, George D. Becker, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Laura C. Keating, Holly M. Christenson, Eduardo Bañados, Fuyan Bian, Frederick B. Davies, Valentina D'Odorico,… 展开作者

Yongda Zhu, George D. Becker, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Laura C. Keating, Holly M. Christenson, Eduardo Bañados, Fuyan Bian, Frederick B. Davies, Valentina D'Odorico, Anna-Christina Eilers, Xiaohui Fan, Martin G. Haehnelt, Girish Kulkarni, Andrea Pallottini, Yuxiang Qin, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang

摘要:

我们提出了一个新的调查星系际介质(IGM)的再电离结束附近使用“暗隙”的莱曼α(Ly $α$)森林。使用光谱的55类星体在$z_{\rm em}>5.5$,包括新的数据从XQR-30 VLT大型计划,我们确定的差距在LY $α$森林中的传输平均超过1共动$h^{-1}\,{\rm Mpc}$箱下降到5%以下。在$z<6$处鉴定出9个超长($L > 80~h^{-1}\,{\rm Mpc}$)暗缺口。此外,我们量化的类星体光谱的分数表现出的差距长于$30~h^{-1}\,{\rm Mpc}$,$F_{30}$,作为红移的函数。我们分别在$z = 6.0$、5.8和5.6处测量到$F_{30} \simeq 0.9$、0.6和0.15,这些长暗隙中的最后一个持续到$z \simeq 5.3$。比较我们的结果与流体动力学模拟的预测,我们发现,数据是一致的模型,其中再电离扩展显着低于红移6。IGM基本上完全再电离的模型在$z \lesssim 6$的电离UV背景中保留大尺度波动,也可能与数据一致。总的来说,我们的研究结果表明,签名的形式的中性氢岛和/或大规模的波动的电离背景仍然存在于IGM,直到至少$z \simeq 5.3$的再电离。

英文摘要:

We present a new investigation of the intergalactic medium (IGM) near the end of reionization using "dark gaps" in the Lyman-alpha (Ly$α$) forest. Using spectra of 55 QSOs at $z_{\rm em}>5.5$, including new data from the XQR-30 VLT Large Programme, we identify gaps in the Ly$α$ forest where the transmission averaged over 1 comoving $h^{-1}\,{\rm Mpc}$ bins falls below 5%. Nine ultra-long ($L > 80~h^{-1}\,{\rm Mpc}$) dark gaps are identified at $z<6$. In addition, we quantify the fraction of QSO spectra exhibiting gaps longer than $30~h^{-1}\,{\rm Mpc}$, $F_{30}$, as a function of redshift. We measure $F_{30} \simeq 0.9$, 0.6, and 0.15 at $z = 6.0$, 5.8, and 5.6, respectively, with the last of these long dark gaps persisting down to $z \simeq 5.3$. Comparing our results with predictions from hydrodynamical simulations, we find that the data are consistent with models wherein reionization extends significantly below redshift six. Models wherein the IGM is essentially fully reionized that retain large-scale fluctuations in the ionizing UV background at $z \lesssim 6$ are also potentially consistent with the data. Overall, our results suggest that signature of reionization in the form of islands of neutral hydrogen and/or large-scale fluctuations in the ionizing background remain present in the IGM until at least $z \simeq 5.3$.

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