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Lyman a Resonant Scattering in Young Galaxies. Master Colloquium --- Peter Laursen Supervisors: Jesper Sommer-Larsen & Johan Fynbo. www.dark-cosmology.dk DARK Cosmology Centre | Niels Bohr Institutet | Københavns Universitet. Overview. The title
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Lyman a Resonant Scattering in Young Galaxies Master Colloquium --- Peter Laursen Supervisors: Jesper Sommer-Larsen & Johan Fynbo www.dark-cosmology.dk DARK Cosmology Centre| Niels Bohr Institutet | Københavns Universitet
Overview • The title • Motivation • Physical background • Constructing the code • Results • Outlook
Galaxies Lya Resonant Scattering in YoungGalaxies
The cosmological redshift Lya Resonant Scattering inYoungGalaxies
400 kyr 1100 13.5 Gpc CMB • ~½-1 Gyr ~5-10 8-10 Gpc Galaxy formation • ~2 Gyr ~3-4 6-7 Gpc “Young galaxies” • 13.7 Gyr 0 0 Now The cosmological redshift • tzd Event • 0 14 Gpc Big Bang lobs = (1 + z) lem Lya Resonant Scattering inYoungGalaxies
Lyman a ELya = 10.2 eV l0 = 1216 Å n0 = 2.466 X1015 s-1 LyaResonant Scattering inYoungGalaxies
Lyman a ELya = 0.0000000000000000000004 kcal l0 = 0.00001216 cm n0 = 2.466 million GHz LyaResonant Scattering inYoungGalaxies
Creation of Lya • Cooling radiation (~10%) • Stellar sources (~90%) • Metagalactic field (~1%) • • Young galaxies should be • visible (Partridge & Peebles, 1967) LyaResonant Scattering inYoungGalaxies
Lyman-break galaxies LyaResonant Scattering inYoungGalaxies
Scattering LyaResonantScatteringinYoungGalaxies
Resonant scattering LyaResonantScatteringinYoungGalaxies
Resonant scattering LyaResonantScatteringinYoungGalaxies
Analytical models • Osterbrock (1962) • Harrington (1973) • Neufeld (1990)
Analytical models • Dijkstra (2006)
Emergent spectrum • Neufeld (1990)
Emergent spectrum • Venemans et al. (2005)
Gaussian • Voigt Diffusion in frequency • Lorentzian
Diffusion in space • Optical depth: t= r nHIsn • Optical depth: t = r nHIsn • Optical depth: t = r nHIsn • Optical depth: t = r nHIsn
Motivation • Surface brightness map • Surface brightness profile • Fynbo et al. (2003)
Determinen • ^ • Escape! Numerical models • Emit photon • • Determine t • • Determine uatom •
Numerical models • “It would seem that large digital • computers could be applied very • profitably to this problem” • Osterbrock (1962)
Cosmological simulation • - The Movie • Sommer-Larsen et al. (2003); Sommer-Larsen (2006)
Monte Carlo code • L, T, nHI,vbulk
Summary • Yes – resonant scattering can explain the • appearance of young galaxies • The code as a theoretical probe • Temperature • Velocity field • Column density • Clumpiness of the gas
Outlook • Numerical improvements • Dust • RT of ionizing UV radiation • Lya galaxies at z = 8.8