在动力恒星形成的缓和莱曼α系统中解决H I
Rongmon Bordoloi1, John M O'Meara2, Keren Sharon3
1Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. rbordol@ncsu.edu.
Nature
|May 18, 2022
概括
发现密集的气体储存库, 面积超过238,000平方公里. 这些系统中含有大量的中性,
科学领域:
- 宇宙气体储备
- 早期宇宙的星系形成
- 天体物理光谱学
背景情况:
- 密集的原子气体,主要是气,在红移3时占中性气体的90%.
- 化莱曼-α系统 (DLA) 吸收特定的光子,通过背景类星体和马射线爆发进行研究.
- 之前的研究缺乏对DLA的物理范围的限制.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定受湿的莱曼-α系统的物理范围和特性.
- 研究这些早期宇宙结构中中性的含量和质量.
- 评估它们在随后的恒星形成中所扮演的角色.
主要方法:
- 带有红移2.7的引力透镜星系的整体场光谱.
- 分析了两个前景缓和的莱曼-α系统.
- 测量系统范围,中性柱密度和总质量.
主要成果:
- 两个DLA的面积大于238,000平方公里.
- 中性柱密度在小尺度上有显著差异 (<3千帕塞克).
- 平均柱子密度从10^20.46到10^20.84cm^-2不等,其质量超过5.5×10^8到1.4×10^9太阳质量.
结论:
- DLA是物理上较大的结构,比之前推断的要大得多.
- 这些系统拥有大量的中性储量,
- 这些发现支持DLAs在高红移的巨大,低亮度原始星系的进化中的作用.
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