Determining the primordial helium abundance and UV background using fluorescent emission in star-free dark matter haloes
Determining the primordial helium abundance and UV background using fluorescent emission in star-free dark matter haloes
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利用无恒星暗物质晕中的荧光发射确定原始氦丰度和紫外背景
DOI:
10.1093/mnras/stz3573
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Sykes C
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作者:
Sykes C
Observational measures of the primordial helium mass fraction,YP, are of interest for cosmology and fundamental particle physics. Current measures obtained from ${\text{H}\, \small {II}}$ regions agree with the Standard Model prediction to approximately 1 per cent precision, although these determinations may be affected by systematic uncertainties. This possibility can only be tested by independently measuring the helium abundance in new ways. Here, we propose a novel method to obtain a measurement ofYPusing hydrogen and helium recombination line emission from REionization-Limited HI Clouds (RELHICs): pristine, gas-rich but star-free low-mass dark matter haloes whose existence is predicted by hydrodynamical simulations. Although expected to be uncommon and intrinsically faint in emission, the primordial composition and simple physical properties of these objects make them an ideal laboratory to determineYP. We present radiative transfer simulations to demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach, finding that a comparison of the emission in H and He lines, either via their volumetric emissivities, or integrated properties such as the surface brightness and total flux, may be used to inferYP. Furthermore, we show that RELHICs can be used to provide an entirely novel constraint on the spectral slope of the ultraviolet background, and discuss the possibility of measuring this slope and the primordial helium abundance simultaneously.
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影响因子:
4.8
作者:
J. Miralda-Escudé;M. Rees
通讯作者:
J. Miralda-Escudé;M. Rees
DOI:
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发表时间:
2018
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影响因子:
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作者:
V. Fern'andez;E. Terlevich;Á. D́ıaz;R. Terlevich;F. Rosales
通讯作者:
F. Rosales
DOI:
10.1086/177707
发表时间:
1996
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
--
作者:
A. Gould;D. Weinberg
通讯作者:
D. Weinberg
DOI:
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发表时间:
2015
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作者:
R. Cooke;M. Pettini;U. California;Santa Cruz;I. O. Astronomy;U. Cambridge
通讯作者:
U. Cambridge
影响因子:
14.1
作者:
R. Cooke;M. Fumagalli
通讯作者:
M. Fumagalli