We calculate the red damping wing of Gunn-Peterson trough taking the evolution of the neutral fraction into consideration and take a clear look at the ionized region around the ionizing sources. We get the result that the damping wing flux feature is mainly determined by the neutral hydrogen outside the ionized bubble and the cut off in the damping wing would be useful to get the size of the ionized bubble. We also fit the red damping wing of the recently discovered high redshift GRB080913 and find that the ionized bubble is too small to create apparent cut off in the spectrum of this burst.
XU Zhou1,2 & WEI DaMing1,3 1 Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
利用从斯隆数字巡天（Sloan Digital Sky Survey，简称SDSS）第4次释放的光谱数据中选取的10^5个发射线星系样本，研究了[OII]λ3727／Hα流量比与星系尘埃消光、气体电离态和金属丰度的关系．发现尘埃消光改正对[OII]λ3727／Hα谱线流量比影响显著，消光改正前、后的[OII]λ3727／Hα谱线流量比的中值分别为0．48和0．89；尘埃消光改正后，F（[OII]λ3727）-F（Hα）的弥散显著减小．贫金属星系的[OII]λ3727／Hα谱线流量比随星系气体的电离度增高而减小，而富金属星系不存在这种关系．另外，[OII]λ3727／Hα流量比与星系金属丰度相关．当12＋lg（O／H）〉8．5时，星系[OII]λ3727／Hα流量比随金属丰度增加而下降；12＋lg（O／H）〈8．5的星系，谱线流量比与金属丰度正相关．最后，利用气体电离度参数和星系的金属丰度，给出了计算不同类型星系[OII]λ3727／Hα流量比的公式．LAMOST望远镜将观测到大量红移z〉0．4的星系光谱，利用该公式可以给出星系的[OII]λ3727／Hα流量比，从而可以利用[OII]λ3727谱线流量计算z〉0．4星系的恒星形成率．
利用Union2 557个Ia型超新星数据限制宇宙学参数qo、jo和so,在红移z≤1.4范围内校准5个γ暴(gamma-ray burst,GRB)光度关系.假设γ暴光度关系不随红移演化,得到66个高红移γ暴的距离模数.最后综合利用宇宙微波背景(Cosmic Microwave Background,CMB)辐射观测数据、重子声波震荡(Baryon AcousticOscillations,BAO)观测数据与116个具有红移的γ暴数据限制几个常见的暗能量模型.根据贝叶斯判据(Bayesian Information Criterion,BIC),发现ACDM模型是最好的模型;根据Akaike判据(Akaike Information Criterion,AIC),发现JBP模型是最好的模型.
Existing theory and models suggest that a Type I (merger) GRB should have a larger jet beaming angle than a Type II (collapsar) GRB, but so far no statistical evidence is available to support this suggestion. In this paper, we obtain a sample of 37 beaming angles and calculate the probability that this is true. A correction is also devised to account for the scarcity of Type I GRBs in our sample. The probability is calculated to be 83% without the correction and 71% with it.
We aim at deriving accurate atmospheric parameters and chemical abundances of 19 barium(Ba) stars, including both strong and mild Ba stars, based on the high signal-to-noise ratio and high resolution Echelle spectra obtained from the 2.16 m telescope at Xinglong station of National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The chemical abundances of the sample stars were obtained from an LTE, plane-parallel and line-blanketed atmospheric model by inputting the atmospheric parameters(effective temperatures Teff, surface gravities log g, metallicity [Fe/H] and microturbulence velocity ξt) and equivalent widths of stellar absorption lines. These samples of Ba stars are giants as indicated by atmospheric parameters, metallicities and kinematic analysis about UVW velocity. Chemical abundances of 17 elements were obtained for these Ba stars. Their Na, Al, α- and iron-peak elements(O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca,Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Ni) are similar to the solar abundances. Our samples of Ba stars show obvious overabundances of neutron-capture(n-capture) process elements relative to the Sun. Their median abundances of[Ba/Fe], [La/Fe] and [Eu/Fe] are 0.54, 0.65 and 0.40, respectively. The Y I and Zr I abundances are lower than Ba, La and Eu, but higher than the α- and iron-peak elements for the strong Ba stars and similar to the iron-peak elements for the mild stars. There exists a positive correlation between Ba intensity and [Ba/Fe].For the n-capture elements(Y, Zr, Ba, La), there is an anti-correlation between their [X/Fe] and [Fe/H]. We identify nine of our sample stars as strong Ba stars with [Ba/Fe]>0.6 where seven of them have Ba intensity Ba=2-5, one has Ba=1.5 and another one has Ba=1.0. The remaining ten stars are classified as mild Ba stars with 0.17<[Ba/Fe]<0.54.
