Absorption signatures of warm-hot gas at low redshift: O vi

Absorption signatures of warm-hot gas at low redshift: O vi
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低红移下温热气体的吸收特征:O vi

DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18123.x
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
R.P.C.
R.P.C.
中科院分区:
物理与天体物理2区
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作者:
Tepper-García;Richter;Schaye;Dalla Vecchia;Theuns;Wiersma;R.P.C.

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我们利用OWLS项目的宇宙学和流体力学模拟的一个子集,研究了低红移(z=0.25)的Ovi吸收体的起源和物理性质。据信,介入型Ovi吸收体在温热的星际介质(WHIM)中追踪激波加热的气体,因此可能在寻找今天宇宙中失踪的重子方面发挥关键作用。与观测值相比,我们模拟得到的不同Ovi谱线参数(柱密度、多普勒参数、静止等效宽度Wr)的预测分布没有很强的Ovi吸收峰,Oppenheimer&Davé也发现了这一差异。这表明,亚格子尺度上的物理过程(如湍流)可能强烈影响O-vi系统的观测性质。我们发现,在典型的超密度为1−/<ρ>≲102时,介入氧吸收主要发生在高金属丰度(10≪ρ1ρZ/Z≲1)气体中。在我们的模拟中,三分之一的Ovi吸收体在105K的温度下示踪气体,其余的在更高的温度下产生,大多数在T=105.3±0.5K左右。这些温度比Oppenheimer&Davé的推算高得多,可能是因为那项工作没有考虑到光致电离背景辐射对金属线冷却的抑制。虽然Ovi与大多数受激波加热的重子物质位于(ρ,T)空间的相似区域,但这种气体的绝大多数金属含量较低,不会引起可检测到的Ovi吸收。由于金属的片状分布,在我们的模拟中,O-vi吸收体只追踪到宇宙重子(<2%)和宇宙金属中非常小的一部分。取而代之的是,这些系统可能会追踪到以前受到冲击加热的、来自星系风的富含金属的物质,这些物质现在与周围的气体混合并冷却。通过比较Ovi和HI柱密度来估计来自类星体观测的中间吸收体的物理条件的常用方法可能是误导的,因为大多数HI(和大多数气体质量)与引起Ovi吸收的高金属丰度斑块没有物理联系。
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