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The Minimum Universal Metal Density Between Redshifts of 1.5 and 5.5 | | Antoinette Songaila
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4 Oct 2001 | | Journal: | ApJ, 561, L153 (2001) | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii | | Abstract: | It appears that the Lyman alpha forest is becoming thick at a redshift of about 5.5, cutting off the higher redshift intergalactic medium from view in neutral hydrogen. However, the effects of star formation at higher redshift are still readable in the intergalactic metal lines. In this paper I use observations of 32 quasars with emission redshifts in the range 2.31 to 5.86 to study the evolution of the intergalactic metal density from z = 1.5 to z = 5.5. The C IV column density distribution function is consistent with being invariant throughout this redshift range. From direct integration, I determine Omega_CIV to be in the range (2.5 - 7) imes 10^{-8} and Omega_SiIV in the range (0.9 - 3) imes 10^{-8} between z = 1.5 and z = 5. The metallicity at z = 5 exceeds 3.5 imes 10^{-4}, which in turn implies that this fraction of the universal massive star formation took place beyond this redshift. This is sufficient to have ionized the intergalactic medium. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0110123 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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