Multiphase Plasma in Sub-Damped Lyα Systems: A Hidden Metal Reservoir

Multiphase Plasma in Sub-Damped Lyα Systems: A Hidden Metal Reservoir
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亚阻尼 Lyα 系统中的多相等离子体:隐藏的金属储层

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2007
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R. Srianand
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A. Fox;P. Petitjean;C. Ledoux;R. Srianand

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我们展示了接近类星体 Q0331-4505 (zqso = 2.6785 ± 0.0030) 的近端亚阻尼 Lyα (sub-DLA) 系统在 zabs = 2.65618 处的 VLT UVES 光谱。在 sub-DLA 中可以看到 O I、Si II、Si III、Si IV、C II、C III、C IV、Fe II、Al II 和 O VI 的吸收线,其中性氢柱密度 log N = 19.82 ± 0.05。吸收体距类星体的速度为 1820 ± 250 km s-1;然而,其低金属丰度 [O/H] = -1.64 ± 0.07、缺乏部分覆盖、2003 年和 2006 年观测之间缺乏时间变化以及未检测到 N V 意味着吸收体不是真正的本征系统。通过测量 O VI 柱密度并假设中性气体和电离气体中的金属丰度相等,我们确定了该子 DLA 中的热电离氢的柱密度,以及从文献中提取的 O VI 的其他两个子 DLA 中的热电离氢的柱密度。将此与 sub-DLA 中温电离氢的典型量的确定结合起来,我们确认 sub-DLA 是比 DLA 更重要的金属储库,总共至少占 z ≈ 2.5 时金属预算的 6%-22%。
We present a VLT UVES spectrum of a proximate sub-damped Lyα (sub-DLA) system at zabs = 2.65618 toward the quasar Q0331-4505 (zqso = 2.6785 ± 0.0030). Absorption lines of O I, Si II, Si III, Si IV, C II, C III, C IV, Fe II, Al II, and O VI are seen in the sub-DLA, which has a neutral hydrogen column density log N = 19.82 ± 0.05. The absorber is at a velocity of 1820 ± 250 km s-1 from the quasar; however, its low metallicity [O/H] = -1.64 ± 0.07, lack of partial coverage, lack of temporal variations between observations taken in 2003 and 2006, and nondetection of N V imply the absorber is not a genuine intrinsic system. By measuring the O VI column density and assuming equal metallicities in the neutral and ionized gas, we determine the column density of hot ionized hydrogen in this sub-DLA, and in two other sub-DLAs with O VI drawn from the literature. Coupling this with determinations of the typical amount of warm ionized hydrogen in sub-DLAs, we confirm that sub-DLAs are a more important metal reservoir than DLAs, in total comprising at least 6%-22% of the metal budget at z ≈ 2.5.