On bursty star formation during cosmological reionization - how does it influence the baryon mass content of dark matter halos?

IF 4.5 3区物理与天体物理 Q1 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia Pub Date : 2024-05-13 DOI:10.1017/pasa.2024.39

Anand Menon, Chris Power

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The baryon mass content (i.e. stellar and gas mass) of dark matter halos in the early Universe depends on both global factors - e.g. ionizing ultraviolet (UV) radiation background - and local factors - e.g. star formation efficiency and assembly history. We use a lightweight semi-analytical model to investigate how both local and global factors impact the halo baryon mass content at redshifts of z ≥ 5. Our model incorporates a time delay between when stars form and when they produce feedback of 0 ≤ td/Myr ≤ 30, which can drive bursts of star formation, and a mass and redshift dependent UV background, which captures the influence of cosmological reionization on gas accretion onto halos. We use statistically representative halo assembly histories and assume that the cosmological gas accretion rate is proportional to the halo mass accretion rate. Delayed (td>0) feedback leads to oscillations in gas mass with cosmic time, behaviour that cannot be captured with instantaneous feedback (td=0). Highly efficient star formation drives stronger oscillations, while strong feedback impacts when oscillations occur; in contrast, inefficient star formation and weak feedback produce similar long-term behaviour to that observed in instantaneous feedback models. If the delayed feedback timescale is too long, a halo retains its gas reservoir but the feedback suppresses star formation. Our model predicts that lower mass systems (halo masses mh ≤ 107M⊙) at z ≤ 10 should be strongly gas deficient (mg → 0), whereas higher mass systems retain their gas reservoirs because they are sufficiently massive to continue accreting gas through cosmological reionization. Interestingly, in higher mass halos, the median m⋆/(m⋆ + mg) ≃ 0.01 – 0.05, but is a factor of 3-5 smaller when feedback is delayed. Our model does not include seed supermassive black hole feedback, which is necessary to explain massive quenched galaxies in the early Universe.

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宇宙早期暗物质光环的重子质量含量（即恒星和气体质量）取决于全局因素（如电离紫外线（UV）辐射背景）和局部因素（如恒星形成效率和组装历史）。我们使用一个轻量级半分析模型来研究局部和全局因素如何影响 z ≥ 5 红移时的光环重子质量含量。我们的模型包含了恒星形成与它们产生反馈之间的时间延迟（0 ≤ td/Myr ≤ 30），它可以驱动恒星形成的爆发；还包含了与质量和红移相关的紫外背景，它捕捉了宇宙学再电离对气体吸积到光环上的影响。我们使用具有统计代表性的光环组装历史，并假定宇宙气体吸积率与光环质量吸积率成正比。延迟（td>0）反馈导致气体质量随宇宙时间的振荡，而瞬时反馈（td=0）无法捕捉到这种行为。高效的恒星形成会驱动更强的振荡，而强反馈会影响振荡发生的时间；相比之下，低效的恒星形成和弱反馈会产生与瞬时反馈模型中观测到的类似的长期行为。如果延迟反馈时间尺度过长，光环会保留其气体储层，但反馈会抑制恒星形成。根据我们的模型预测，z ≤ 10时的低质量系统（光环质量 mh ≤ 107M⊙）应该是强气体缺乏的（mg → 0），而质量较高的系统则保留了它们的气体库，因为它们的质量足以通过宇宙再电离继续吸积气体。有趣的是，在质量较高的光环中，中位 m⋆/(m⋆ + mg) ≃ 0.01 - 0.05，但当反馈延迟时，中位 m⋆/(m⋆ + mg) ≃ 会小 3-5 倍。我们的模型不包括种子超大质量黑洞反馈，而这是解释早期宇宙中大质量淬火星系的必要条件。

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