THE EFFECTS OF THE IONIZING RADIATION BACKGROUND ON GALAXY EVOLUTION

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作者
Hambrick, D. Clay [1 ]
Ostriker, Jeremiah P. [1 ]
Naab, Thorsten [2 ]
Johansson, Peter H. [2 ]
机构
[1] Princeton Univ Observ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] Univ Observ Munich, D-81679 Munich, Germany
关键词
galaxies: elliptical and lenticular; cD; Galaxy: formation; methods: numerical; MICROWAVE-ANISOTROPY-PROBE; BLACK-HOLES; CLUMPY UNIVERSE; PHOTOIONIZATION; REIONIZATION; FEEDBACK; QUASARS; SIMULATIONS; IONIZATION; PARAMETERS;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/705/2/1566
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We find that the amount and nature of the assumed ionizing background can strongly affect galaxy formation and evolution. Galaxy evolution simulations typically incorporate an ultraviolet background which falls off rapidly above z = 3; e.g., that of Haardt & Madau. However, this decline may be too steep to fit the Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe constraints on electron scattering optical depth or observations of intermediate redshift (z similar to 2-4) Ly alpha forest transmission. As an alternative, we present simulations of the cosmological formation of individual galaxies with UV backgrounds that decline more slowly at high redshift: both a simple intensity rescaling and the background recently derived by Faucher-Giguere, which softens the spectrum at higher redshifts. We also test an approximation of the X-ray background with a similar z dependence. We find for the test galaxies that an increase in either the intensity or hardness of ionizing radiation generically pushes star formation toward lower redshifts: although overall star formation in the simulation boxes is reduced by 10%-25%, the galaxies show a factor of similar to 2 increase in the fraction of stars within a 30 kpc radius that are formed after z = 1. Other effects include late gas inflows enhanced up to 30 times, stellar half-mass radii decreased by up to 30%, central velocity dispersions increased up to 40%, and a strong reduction in substructure. The magnitude of the effects depends on the environmental/accretion properties of the particular galaxy.
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页码:1566 / 1574
页数:9
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