Probing IGM accretion on to faint Lyα emitters at z ∼ 2.8
Probing IGM accretion on to faint Lyα emitters at z ∼ 2.8
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探测 z ≤ 2.8 处微弱 Lyα 发射体上的 IGM 吸积
DOI:
10.1093/mnras/stz861
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Stark, Antony A
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作者:
Zahedy, Fakhri S;Rauch, Michael;Chen, Hsiao-Wen;Carswell, Robert F;Stalder, Brian;Stark, Antony A
Observing the signature of accretion from the intergalactic medium (IGM) on to galaxies atz∼ 3 requires the detection of faint (L≪L*) galaxies embedded in a filamentary matrix of low-density (), metal-poor gas (Z∼ 10−2.5Z⊙) coherent over hundreds of kpc. We study the gaseous environment of three Lyα emitters (LAEs) atz= 2.7 − 2.8, found to be aligned in projection with a background QSO over ∼250 kpc along the slit of a long-slit spectrum. The lack of detection of the LAEs in deep continuum images and the low inferred Lyα luminosities show the LAEs to be intrinsically faint, low-mass galaxies (,). An echelle spectrum of the QSO reveals strong Lyα absorption within ±200 km s−1from the LAEs. Our absorption line analysis leads to $\rm{H\,{\small I}}$ column densities in the range of log $N\mathrm{(\rm{H\,{\small I}})}/\mbox{$. Associated absorption from ionic metal species $\rm{C\,{\small IV}}$ and $\rm{Si\,{\small IV}}$ constrains the gas metallicities to ∼0.01 solar if the gas is optically thin, and possibly as low as ∼0.001 solar if the gas is optically thick, assuming photoionization equilibrium. While the inferred metallicities are at least a factor of 10 lower than expected metallicities in the interstellar medium (ISM) of these LAEs, they are consistent with the observed chemical enrichment level in the IGM at the same epoch. Total metal abundances and kinematic arguments suggest that these faint galaxies have not been able to affect the properties of their surrounding gas. The projected spatial alignment of the LAEs, together with the kinematic quiescence and correspondence between the LAEs and absorbing gas in velocity space, suggests that these observations probe a possible filamentary structure. Taken together with the blue-dominant Lyα emission line profile of one of the objects, the evidence suggests that the absorbing gas is part of an accretion stream of low-metallicity gas in the IGM.
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作者:
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10.1086/382777
发表时间:
2003
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The Astrophysical Journal
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4.8
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