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从两个$z\gtrsim7$类星体的协方差重建看IGM阻尼翼对再电离的约束

IGM damping wing constraints on reionisation from covariance reconstruction of two $z\gtrsim7$ QSOs

Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger, Frederick B. Davies, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Joseph F. Hennawi

摘要:

明亮的高红移类星体($z>6$)是探测星系际介质(IGM)电离状态的有力工具。在高Z类星体的光谱中,对Ly $α$阻尼翼吸收的检测可以对再电离(EoR)的时间提供强有力的约束。在这项工作中,我们进行了一个独立的Ly $α$阻尼翼分析两个已知的$z>7$类星体; DESJ 0252 -0503在$z=7.00$(王等)。和J1007+2115在$z=7.51$(Yang等人)。为此,我们利用我们现有的贝叶斯框架,其同时考虑了以下方面的不确定性:(i)固有的Ly $α$发射轮廓(从测量的发射线的协方差矩阵重建;在这项工作中扩展到包括NV)和(ii)使用$1.6^3$ Gpc $^3$再电离模拟的IGM内的电离(H I,{ \scriptsize II})区域的分布。这种方法是对上述工作中使用的方法的补充,因为它只关注Ly $α$($1218 < λ< 1230$)的红色,使其对建模不确定性更鲁棒,同时还对(i)和(ii)使用不同的方法。我们发现,对于基准EoR形态,$z=7$处的$\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.64\substack{+0.19 \\ -0.23}$(68%)和$z=7.51$处的$\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.27\substack{+0.21 \\ -0.17}$与上述$1σ$中的先前工作一致,尽管两者的振幅略低。在将NV纳入我们的重建管道后,我们在$z=7.09$(Mortlock等人)对ULAS SJ 1120 +0641进行了重新分析。和$z=7.54$的ULASJ 1342 +0928(Bañados等人)在$z=7.09$发现$\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.44\substack{+0.23 \\ -0.24}$,在$z=7.54$发现$\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.31\substack{+0.18 \\ -0.19}$。最后,我们结合所有四个$z\gtrsim7$类星体的类星体阻尼翼约束,得到一个单一的,统一的约束$\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.49\substack{+0.11 \\ -0.11}$在$z=7.29$。

英文摘要:

Bright, high redshift ($z>6$) QSOs are powerful probes of the ionisation state of the intervening intergalactic medium (IGM). The detection of Ly$α$ damping wing absorption imprinted in the spectrum of high-z QSOs can provide strong constraints on the epoch of reionisation (EoR). In this work, we perform an independent Ly$α$ damping wing analysis of two known $z>7$ QSOs; DESJ0252-0503 at $z=7.00$ (Wang et al.) and J1007+2115 at $z=7.51$ (Yang et al.). For this, we utilise our existing Bayesian framework which simultaneously accounts for uncertainties in: (i) the intrinsic Ly$α$ emission profile (reconstructed from a covariance matrix of measured emission lines; extended in this work to include NV) and (ii) the distribution of ionised (H\,{\scriptsize II}) regions within the IGM using a $1.6^3$ Gpc$^3$ reionisation simulation. This approach is complementary to that used in the aforementioned works as it focuses solely redward of Ly$α$ ($1218 < λ< 1230$Å) making it more robust to modelling uncertainties while also using a different methodology for (i) and (ii). We find, for a fiducial EoR morphology, $\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.64\substack{+0.19 \\ -0.23}$ (68 per cent) at $z=7$ and $\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.27\substack{+0.21 \\ -0.17}$ at $z=7.51$ consistent within $1σ$ to the previous works above, though both are slightly lower in amplitude. Following the inclusion of NV into our reconstruction pipeline, we perform a reanalysis of ULASJ1120+0641 at $z=7.09$ (Mortlock et al.) and ULASJ1342+0928 at $z=7.54$ (Bañados et al.) finding $\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.44\substack{+0.23 \\ -0.24}$ at $z=7.09$ and $\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.31\substack{+0.18 \\ -0.19}$ at $z=7.54$. Finally, we combine the QSO damping wing constraints for all four $z\gtrsim7$ QSOs to obtain a single, unified constraint of $\bar{x}_{\rm HI} = 0.49\substack{+0.11 \\ -0.11}$ at $z=7.29$.

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