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Tom TheunsInstitute for Computational Cosmology, Durham, UKDepartment of Physics, Antwerp, Belgium
Munich 2005
ReionizationReionizationAnd the thermal history of the IGMAnd the thermal history of the IGM
Tom TheunsInstitute for Computational Cosmology, Durham, UKDepartment of Physics, Antwerp, Belgium
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The intergalactic medium can be observed in absorption towards distant bright sources (QSOs, GRBs)
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UVES+VLT and HiRes+Keck have revolutionised these data in terms of S/N and resolution
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The filamentary pattern of the cosmic web produces absorption lines very similar to those seen in QSO spectra.
Cen & Ostriker ‘94Gas density contours in a cosmological box of size 4Mpc
Hubble volume simulation
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Increased CPU power has made the simulations more realistic
Simulated versus observed high-resolution spectrum.Which is which?
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Voigt profile fits can be used to characterise the statistics of lines
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The evolution of the column-density fits well with observations for an ionising background dominated by QSOs
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Other flux statistics fit well as too.
Flux PDF Flux PS
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Simulations with feedback produce metal lines not unlike the observed ones, without drastically altering the HI lines
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shocked gas unshocked, photo-ionised gas
Most of the volume is filled with warm photo-ionised gas, with shocks occupying a small volume around haloes and large filaments
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When the IGM is highly ionised, the (photo)-heating rate becomes small.
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Photo-ionisation heating produces a well-defined -T relation in the low-density IGM that produces the Ly-forest. (Hui & Gnedin 1997)
Temperature of the IGM
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The IGM temperature affects the widths of the Lyman- lines
TT, Schaye & Haehnelt
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Line-width (b) and temperature are relatedColumn-density (NH) and density are relatedHence can determine -T relation
Schaye et al, Ricotti et al, McDonald et al
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IGM temperature as function of redshift.
Schaye et al.
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Photo-heating rate is less than adiabatic cooling rate
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If no other heat sources, HI reionization late?
Theuns et al.
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(Perceived?) Tension: zreion=17 (WMAP) or zreion around 6 (quasars)?
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Tom Abel
Ciardi et al.
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Wavelets are also sensitive to line-widths
Theuns & Zaroubi
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Observed QSO looks similar to simulation with HeII reionisation, but without evidence for T fluctuations.
Theuns et al.Zaldarriaga.
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IGM temperature also affects optical depth (because recombination rate depends on T)
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Sloan DA too noisy to see anything?
Bernardi et al.
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To do list:
better constrain T evolution better constrain fluctuations
other heating sources? (cosmic rays? X-rays? dust?)
Thank you.