The epoch of reionization     

Andrew J. Benson  Naoshi Sugiyama  Adi Nusser  Cedric G. Lacey 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,369(3):1055-1080

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A Comparison Study on the δD Value of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Hydrous Pyrolysate of Herbaceous Peat with Different Water Medium     

DUAN Yi  WU Yingzhong  XING Lantian  WU Yingqin  ZHAO Yang  LI Zhongping  MA Lanhu  DUAN Mingchen 《《地质学报》英文版》2023,97(6):1734-1743

To investigate the influence of diagenetic water media on the hydrogen isotopes of individual sedimentary aromatic compounds, a series of hydrous pyrolyses were conducted on herbaceous peat. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in hydrous pyrolysed samples and their hydrogen isotopic composition characteristics were studied. The aqueous medium demonstrated a significant influence on the hydrogen isotopic composition of the individual PAHs generated during pyrolysis. The results showed that the PAHs formed after pyrolysis in the presence of a saltwater medium with high δD value from a salt lake had a heavy hydrogen isotopic composition. The PAHs formed after pyrolysis in the presence of a fresh water medium with low δD value from a swamp had a light hydrogen isotopic composition. The difference in the average PAH δD value between the two hydrous experiments varied from –174‰ to –109‰, suggesting that the hydrogen isotopic composition of individual sedimentary PAHs can reflect the source of the diagenetic water medium. In addition, a comparative study found that the hydrogen isotopes of PAHs were superior to those of n-alkanes in the same sample for diagenetic water indications. The results indicated that the exchange of water-derived inorganic hydrogen and organic hydrogen was more intensive in freshwater experiments than in saltwater experiments. With an increase in the simulation temperature, the average δD value of PAHs generated in the hydrous simulation experiments showed an increasing trend, reflecting that the δD value of sedimentary PAHs formed with the participation of diagenetic water media was still closely related to the thermal maturity of organic matter. Comparative studies showed that the δD values of different types of organic compounds produced by hydrous pyrolysis of peat were in the order, PAHs > n-alkanes > methane.  相似文献   

The sources of intergalactic metals     

E. Scannapieco  C. Pichon  B. Aracil  P. Petitjean  R. J. Thacker  D. Pogosyan  J. Bergeron  H. M. P. Couchman 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,365(2):615-637

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Probing the growth of supermassive black holes at z > 6 with LOFAR     

Kirsty J. Rhook  Martin G. Haehnelt 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,373(2):623-631

H  ii regions surrounding supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in an otherwise still neutral intergalactic medium (IGM) are likely to be the most easily detectable sources by future 21-cm experiments like LOFAR. We have made predictions for the size distribution of such H  ii regions for several physically motivated models for BH growth at high redshift and compared this to the expected LOFAR sensitivity to these sources. The number of potentially detectable H  ii regions does not only depend on the ionization state of the IGM and the decoupling of the spin temperature of the neutral hydrogen from the cosmic microwave background temperature, but is also strongly sensitive to the rate of growth of BHs at high redshift. If the SMBHs at redshift 6 were built up via continuous Eddington-limited accretion from low mass seed BHs at high redshift, then LOFAR is not expected to detect isolated QSO H  ii regions at redshifts much larger than 6, and only if the IGM is still significantly neutral. If the high-redshift growth of BHs starts with massive seed BHs and is driven by short-lived accretion events following the merging of BH hosting galaxies then the detection of H  ii regions surrounding SMBHs may extend to redshifts as large as 8–9 but is still very sensitive to the redshift to which the IGM remains significantly neutral. The most optimistic predictions are for a model where the SMBHs at z > 6 have grown slowly. H  ii regions around SMBHs may then be detected to significantly larger redshifts.  相似文献   

硫化物吸附金属离子的实验研究──Ⅱ．温度与介质条件的影响     

吴大清  彭金莲  陈国玺 《地球化学》1996,(3)

合成ＰｂＳ和ＺｎＳ对Ａｇ２＋、Ｃｕ２＋、Ｃｄ２＋、Ｆｅ２＋、Ｍｎ２＋、Ｍｇ２＋、Ｓｂ２＋和Ｂｉ３＋等离子吸附量与温度关系的实验研究表明，其遵从Ｋｅｌｖｉｎ公式：在Ａ类吸附，即抗衡离子交换型吸附中，温度上升，其吸附量升降由反应热决定，本实验中Ａ类吸附多为上升型；而大部分Ｂ和Ｃ类吸附，即朗谬尔型及反朗谬尔型的吸附量则随温度上升呈指数下降。例外的仅有ＰｂＳ对Ｂｉ３＋离子的吸附，其吸附量随温度上升有微弱的上升。这可能与Ｂｉ３＋离子和吸附剂ＰｂＳ之间共晶反应和铅的铋硫盐的形成有关。Ａ类吸附的吸附量受介质条件变化影响很少。但对Ｂ和Ｃ类吸附，吸附量受ｐＨ和离子强度变化影响取决于三个因素：①吸附剂ＰｂＳ、ＺｎＳ表面电荷特性；②溶液介质条件变化时吸附离子在溶液中离子态的分布与变化；③被吸附离子在吸附剂中扩散和形成化合物或共晶的能力。因此，当ｐＨ增加时，Ｐｂｓ和ＺｎＳ对金属离子吸附量的变化表现出多样性：增加的有ＰｂＳ对Ｆｅ２＋离子的吸附；下降的有ＰｂＳ对Ｓｂ３＋离子的吸附和ＺｎＳ对Ｆｅ２＋、Ｍｎ２＋离子的吸附；不变的有ＰｂＳ对Ｂｉ３＋、Ｚｎ２＋离子的吸附和ＺｎＳ对Ｍｇ２＋离子的吸附。当溶液中离子强度增加时，由于溶液中自由态离子  相似文献   

Probing subparsec structure in the Lyman α forest with gravitational microlensing     

B. J. Brewer  G. F. Lewis 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,356(2):703-710

We present the results of microlens ray-tracing simulations showing the effect of absorbing material between a source quasar and a lensing galaxy in a gravitational lens system. We find that, in addition to brightness fluctuations due to microlensing, the strength of the absorption line relative to the continuum varies with time, with the properties of the variations depending on the structure of the absorbing material. We conclude that such variations will be measurable via ultraviolet spectroscopy of image A of the gravitationally lensed quasar Q2237+0305 if the Lyman α clouds between the quasar and the lensing galaxy possess structure on scales smaller than ∼0.1 pc. The time-scale for the variations is on the order of years to decades, although very short-term variability can occur. While the Lyman α lines may not be accessible at all wavelengths, this approach is applicable to any absorption system, including metal lines.  相似文献   

Semi-analytic simulations of galactic winds: volume filling factor, ejection of metals and parameter study     

Serena Bertone †  Felix Stoehr  Simon D. M. White 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,359(4):1201-1216

We present a semi-analytic treatment of galactic winds within high-resolution, large-scale cosmological N -body simulations of a Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM) universe. The evolution of winds is investigated by following the expansion of supernova-driven superbubbles around the several hundred thousand galaxies that form in an approximately spherical region of space with diameter 52  h ⁻¹ Mpc and mean density close to the mean density of the universe. We focus our attention on the impact of winds on the diffuse intergalactic medium. Initial conditions for mass loss at the base of winds are taken from Shu, Mo & Mao. Results are presented for the volume filling factor and the mass fraction of the intergalactic medium (IGM) affected by winds, and their dependence on the model parameters is carefully investigated. The mass-loading efficiency of bubbles is a key factor to determine the evolution of winds and their global impact on the IGM: the higher the mass loading, the later the IGM is enriched with metals. Galaxies with 10⁹ < M _★ < 10¹⁰ M_⊙ are responsible for most of the metals ejected into the IGM at   z = 3  , while galaxies with   M _★ < 10⁹ M_⊙   give a non-negligible contribution only at higher redshifts, when larger galaxies have not yet assembled. We find a higher mean IGM metallicity than Lyα forest observations suggest, and we argue that the discrepancy may be explained by the high temperatures of a large fraction of the metals in winds, which may not leave detectable imprints in absorption in the Lyα forest.  相似文献   

Propagation of electromagnetic waves in one-dimensional quasiperiodic media     

V. D. Badalyan 《Astrophysics》2006,49(4):538-542

The angular dependence of the reflection coefficient is studied for electromagnetic waves passing through a one-dimensional quasiperiodic dielectric layer. It is found that for certain types of quasiperiodic systems, omnidirectional reflection of electromagnetic waves can occur. __________ Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 631–636 (November 2006).  相似文献   

Detecting shock waves in cosmological smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations     

C. Pfrommer  V. Springel  T. A. Enßlin  M. Jubelgas 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,367(1):113-131

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Testing models of the individual and cosmological evolutions of powerful radio galaxies     

Paramita Barai  Paul J. Wiita 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,372(1):381-400

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