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東京大学宇宙線研究所 川崎雅裕

元素合成の現状

研究会「宇宙初期における時空と物質の進化」 Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN)

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  • 1. Introduction BBN: Theory vs. Observation
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  • 1. Introduction BBN: Theory vs. Observation
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今日の予定

  • Introduction
  • He4
  • Li7
  • Li6
  • D
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  • 2. He4
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NGC 6611

O,B Stars T ~ 30000-50000K HII HeII HII HeII UV Fluxes Recombination Lines

  • HII region
  • OB stars ionize H and He
  • E(HI)= 13.6eV, E(HeI)= 24.6eV,E(HeII)= 56.4eV
  • Recombination lines
  • measure HeII/HII

H II HeII

Measurement of He in HII region

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Benjamin, Skillman, Smits 1999, ApJ 514,307

Energy Level Diagram of HeI

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Spectrum

MRK 193 Izotov, Thuan, Lipovetsky (1994)

5876Å 6678Å 3889Å 4471Å 7065Å

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  • : Theoretical emissivity scaled to Hβ
  • : observed line intensity
  • : underlying stellar absorption
  • : equivalent width
  • : extinction relative to Hβ
  • : optical depth function with collisional correction

E(Hβ) E(λ) W(λ) fλ(τ)

Abundance of singly ionized Helium

y+ = F(λ) F(Hβ) E(Hβ) E(λ)

  • W(Hβ)

W(Hβ) + aHI W(λ) + aHeI W(λ)

  • 10f(λ)C(Hβ) 1

aHI, aHeI

F(λ)

f(λ)C(Hβ)

y+ = n(HeII)/n(HII) LHβ = W(Hβ)Lλ(λ4861)

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  • : Theoretical emissivity scaled to Hβ
  • : observed line intensity
  • : underlying stellar absorption
  • : equivalent width
  • : extinction relative to Hβ
  • : optical depth function with collisional correction

E(Hβ) E(λ) W(λ) fλ(τ)

Abundance of singly ionized Helium

y+ = F(λ) F(Hβ) E(Hβ) E(λ)

  • W(Hβ)

W(Hβ) + aHI W(λ) + aHeI W(λ)

  • 10f(λ)C(Hβ) 1

aHI, aHeI

F(λ)

f(λ)C(Hβ)

y+ = n(HeII)/n(HII) LHβ = W(Hβ)Lλ(λ4861)

HI balmer lines

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  • Reddening (extinction)
  • Underlying stellar absorption

extinction law

intrinsic line intensity

  • bserved line

intensity scattering and absorption by interstellar dust

Solving for reddening and underlying absorption

Iλ = Iλ0e−τλ

log I(λ) I(Hβ)

  • = log

F(λ) F(Hβ)

  • + C(Hβ)f(λ)

τλ = Cf(λ) Reddening and Stellar absorption

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  • correction for stellar absorption
  • reddening correction
  • theoretical value
  • take minimum

W: EW (equivalent width)

Hα/Hβ, Hγ/Hβ, Hδ/Hβ ⇒ C(Hβ), aHI

XT (6563) = 0.3862(log T4)2 − 0.4817 log T4 + 2.86 . . . T4 ≡ T/104K

χ2 χ2 =

  • λ

(XR(λ) − XT (λ))2 σ2

XR(λ)

FA(λ) = F(λ) W(λ) + aHI W(λ)

  • XR(λ) =

I(λ) I(Hβ) = FA(λ) FA(Hβ)10f(λ)C(Hβ) LHβ = W(Hβ)Lλ(λ4861)

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  • : Theoretical emissivity scaled to Hβ
  • : observed line intensity
  • : underlying stellar absorption
  • : equivalent width
  • : extinction relative to Hβ
  • : optical depth function with collisional correction

E(Hβ) E(λ) W(λ) fλ(τ)

Abundance of singly ionized Helium

y+ = F(λ) F(Hβ) E(Hβ) E(λ)

  • W(Hβ)

W(Hβ) + aHI W(λ) + aHeI W(λ)

  • 10f(λ)C(Hβ) 1

aHI, aHeI

F(λ)

f(λ)C(Hβ)

y+ = n(HeII)/n(HII)

HI balmer lines

  • bs.

theory

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Benjamin, Skillman, Smits 1999, ApJ 514,307 [BSS]

Theoretical emissivities

E(Hβ)/E(3889) = 0.904T −0.173−0.00054ne E(Hβ)/E(4026) = 4.297T 0.090−0.0000063ne E(Hβ)/E(4471) = 2.010T 0.127−0.00041ne E(Hβ)/E(5876) = 0.735T 0.230−0.00063ne E(Hβ)/E(6678) = 2.580T 0.249−0.00020ne E(Hβ)/E(3889) = 12.45T −0.917 / [3.494 − (0.793 − 0.0015ne + 0.000000696n2

e)T]

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uncetainties in parameters determine parameters ¯ y =

  • λ

y+(λ) σ(λ)2 /

  • λ

1 σ(λ)2 χ2 =

  • λ

(y+(λ) − ¯ y)2 σ(λ)2 minimize χ2 ∆χ2 = 1

Helium Abundance

y+ = F(λ) F(Hβ) E(Hβ) E(λ)

  • W(Hβ)

W(Hβ) + aHI W(λ) + aHeI W(λ)

  • 10f(λ)C(Hβ) 1

(T), ne, aHeI, τ

[ T = T(OIII) ]

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λ2321 λ4363 λ4959 λ5007

1S0 1D2 3P

collisional de-excitation

OIII

Osterbrock’s text book §5.2

T

jλ4959 + jλ5007 jλ4363 = 7.73 exp[(3.29 × 104)/T] 1 + 4.5 × 10−4(ne/T 1/2)

  • Temp. measurement from [OIII] lines
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Spectrum

MRK 193 Izotov, Thuan, Lipovetsky (1994)

5876Å 6678Å 3889Å 4471Å 7065Å

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  • Izotov & Thuan 1998, 2004
  • 45 (89) low metallicity HII regions
  • use [OIII] emission lines to determine T
  • Peimbert,Peimbert & Ruitz 2000
  • HII region NGC 346 in SMC
  • use HeI emission line to determine T
  • Luridiana et al 2003
  • 5 metal poor HII regions

Yp = 0.244 ± 0.002 Yp = 0.2345 ± 0.0026 Yp = 0.239 ± 0.002

Recent Works

T(HeII) = T(OIII) T(HeII) < T(OIII)

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Izotov, Thuan 2004

  • Fig. 2.— Linear regressions of the helium mass fraction Y vs. oxygen and nitrogen abun-

dances for a total of 82 H ii regions in 76 blue compact galaxies. In panels a) and b), Y was derived using the 3 λ4471, λ5876 and λ6678 He i lines, and in panels c) and d), Y was derived using the 5 λ3889, λ4471, λ5876, λ6678 and λ7065 He i lines.

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Number of Oxygen Nitrogen Method H ii Regions Regression σ Regression σ 3 He i linesa,b 45 0.2451±0.0018 + 21±21(O/H) 0.0048 0.2452±0.0012 + 603±372(N/H) 0.0044 3 He i linesb 89 0.2429±0.0009 + 51± 9(O/H) 0.0040 0.2439±0.0008 + 1063±183(N/H) 0.0037 5 He i linesc,d 7 0.2421±0.0021 + 68±22(O/H) 0.0035 0.2446±0.0016 + 1084±442(N/H) 0.0040 5 He i linesc,e 7 0.2444±0.0020 + 61±21(O/H) 0.0040 0.2466±0.0016 + 954±411(N/H) 0.0044

aData are from IT98. bOnly collisional and fluorescent enhancements are taken into account.

We have adopted Te(He ii) = Te(O iii) and ICF (He) = 1.

cCollisional and fluorescent enhancements of the He i lines, collisional excitation of hydrogen lines, underlying He i stellar

absorption and differences between Te(He ii) and Te(O iii) are taken into account. ICF (He) is set to 1.

dCalculated with EWa(H8 + He i 3889) = 3.0˚

A, EWa(He i 4471) = 0.4˚ A, EWa(He i 5876) = 0.3 EWa(He i 4471), EWa(He i 6678) = EWa(He i 7065) = 0.1 EWa(He i 4471).

eCalculated with EWa(H8 + He i 3889) = 3.0˚

A, EWa(He i 4471) = 0.5˚ A, EWa(He i 5876) = 0.3 EWa(He i 4471), EWa(He i 6678) = EWa(He i 7065) = 0.1 EWa(He i 4471).

Yp = 0.244 ± 0.002

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  • FIG. 1.ÈThe ratio

III) as a function of III) and Te(He II)/Te(O Te(O temperature Ñuctuations for the case in which all the O is O``. When O` is present, higher t2 values are expected, particularly for those objects with the highest III) values (see Fig. 2). Typical t2 values in H II regions are Te(O in the 0.01È0.04 range.

average temp mean square temp variation

T(HeII) = T(OIII)

  • 1 −

90800 T(OIII) − 0.2 t2 2

  • pure OIII nebula

Peimbert, Peinbert, Luridiana (2002)

T0 =

  • TnenpdV
  • nenpdV

T(HeII)/T(OIII)

t2 =

  • (T − T0)2nenpdV

T 2

  • nenpdV
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  • Olive & Skillman 2004
  • 7 HII regions of IT98
  • use HeI emission lines to determine T
  • underlying stellar absorption
  • Fukugita, MK 2006
  • 33 HII regions of IT04
  • use OIII emission line to determine T
  • underlying stellar absorption

Recent Works (cont.)

Yp = 0.249 ± 0.009 Yp = 0.250 ± 0.004

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.2 .4 .6 .8 1 .22 .23 .24 .25 .26 .27 O/H x 10

4

Y IT 98 Our Reanalysis

Yp

Yp = 0.2491 ± 0.0091

η10 = 6.64+11.1

−3.82

Olive, Skillman 2004

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Helium Abundance in HII region

Fukugita,Kawasaki (2006)

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Without stellar absorption

Yp = 0.234 ± 0.004

Fukugita,Kawasaki (2006)

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IT04 w/abs. w/o abs.

95%CL 95%CL 68%CL 68%CL

IT04 w/abs. w/o abs.

95%CL 95%CL 68%CL 68%CL

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  • Peimbert, Luridiana & Peimbert 2007
  • 5 HII regions of IT98
  • use HeI emission lines to determine T
  • Izotov, Thuan & Stasinska 2007
  • 93 HII regions (HeBCD) + 271 HII regions in

SDSS DR5

  • T(HeII) = (0.95 - 1.0)T(OIII)
  • underlying stellar absorption

New Determination of Yp

Yp = 0.249 ± 0.009

Use of new computation of HeI emissivity

Yp = 0.2516 ± 0.0011

Porter, Bauman, Ferland, MacAdam 2006

PBFM

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New Emissivity

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Izotov, Thuan, Stasinska 2007

Yp = 0.2472 ± 0.0012 Yp = 0.2516 ± 0.0011

BBS PBFM

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Systematic errors

  • He I emissivity
  • T(OIII) may be different from T(HeII)
  • Underlying HeI stellar absorption
  • Collisional excitation of hydrogen emission lines
  • HeII and HII regions may not coincident

correction factor ICF(He+ + He2+)

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Error Budget

Property ∆Yp He i emissivity +1.7% Te(He+) = (0.95 – 1.0)×Te(O iii) −1.0% Underlying He i stellar absorption +3.0% Collisional excitation of hydrogen emission lines +1.0% ICF(He+ + He2+) −1.0%

IT (2007)

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Yp History

WMAP3 prediction

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  • 3. Li7
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Li7

  • Spite plateau [Spite & Spite (1987)]

constant Li7 abundance in warmest metal-poor stars Primordial abundance of Li 7

T <5700K T >5700K Bonifacio, Molaro 1997

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LP815-43

6708Å line

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Recent works

  • Bonifacio & Malaro (1997)
  • 41 metal-poor stars
  • IRFM to determine T
  • no dep. on [Fe/H]
  • Ryan et al. (2000)
  • 23 metal-poor field stars
  • IRFM
  • correlation between Li and [Fe/H]

log10(7Li/H)p = −9.762 ± 0.012(sta) ± 0.05(sys)

log10(7Li/H)p = −9.91 ± 0.10

T is found by comparison of infrared flux with bolometric flux

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Infrared flux method

  • Effective Temperature
  • Monochromatic flux
  • Infrared wavelength is used because the Planck curve is
  • nly weakly dependent at infrared wavelength, and hence

small uncertainty in choice of a model atmosphere σT 4

eff = F = f(r/R)2

F : surface flux f : observed flux r : distance to star R : Radius of star (r/R)2 = F(λ)/f(λ) f (λ): observed monochromatic flux F(λ): monochromatic surface flux

σT 4

eff = fF(λ)/f(λ)

model atmosphere calc.

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log10(7Li/H) = (−9.95 ± 0.05) + (0.118 ± 0.023)[Fe/H] Ryan et al (2000)

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Recent works (cont.)

  • Bonifacio et al. (2002)
  • 12 stars in metal-poor globular cluster

NGC6397

  • Melendez & Ramirez (2004)
  • 41 metal-poor dwarf stars
  • new calibration of IRFM
  • no correlation between Li and [Fe/H]

log10(7Li/H)p = −9.66 ± 0.056

[Fe/H] = −2.03

log10(7Li/H)p = −9.63 ± 0.06

higher Li abundance

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Melendez & Ramirez (2000) WMAP lower limit

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  • Fig. A.1. Example of fits to the Hα line of the star BS 16023-043. The best-fit profile corresponds to Teff = 6364 K. The oth
two profiles shown correspond to Teff ±200 K of this value. The narrow absorption features are H2O telluric lines.

Recent works (cont.)

  • Asplund et al. (2005)
  • 24 metal-poor halo dwarfs
  • Hα line profile to determine T
  • correlation between Li and [Fe/H]
  • Bonifacio et al (2006)
  • 19 metal-poor dwarf stars
  • Hα line profile to determine T
  • no correlation between Li and [Fe/H]

log10(7Li/H)p = −9.90 ± 0.09 log10(7Li/H)p = −9.90 ± 0.06

Teff = 6364K(±200)

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Asplund et al (2005)

log10(7Li/H) = (−9.59 ± 0.02) + (0.103 ± 0.010)[Fe/H]

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Bonifacio et al (2006)

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Effect of different temperature scales

  • r
  • ;

) t : , .

Bonifacio et al (2006) Melendez & Ramirez (2000)

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Lithium Problem

  • WMAP Prediction
  • Observation
  • Dpletion ?

rotational mixing at most D = 0.3 dex log10(7Li/H)p = −9.35 ± 0.10 log10(7Li/H)p = −9.90 ± 0.10

large discrepancy

Pinsonneault et al (2002) 7

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Rotational mixing and Li7 abundance

  • Rotation induces mixing in

the radiative interiors of stars, leading to surface Li depletion during main- sequence phase

  • Ryan, Norris & Beers (1999)

sample is fully consistent with mild rotational mixing induced depletion

Pinsonneault et al (2002)

D7 = 0.18 dex (s0) = 0.32 dex (s0.3) = 0.50 dex (s1)

D7 = 0.2 ± 0.1

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  • 4. Li6
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Li6

  • Asplund et al (2005)
  • Li6 was detected in 9 out of 24 metal-poor halo dwarfs
  • Detection of Li6 in very metal-poor star LP 815-43

6Li/7Li = 0.046 ± 0.022

[Fe/H] = −2.74

This Li6 abundance may be primordial

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Detection of Li6

Asplund et al (2005) LP815-43

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Detection of Li6

Asplund et al (2005) significant detection > 2σ LP815-43

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Li6

  • Asplund et al (2005)
  • Li6 was detected in 9 out of 24 metal-poor halo dwarfs
  • Detection of Li6 in very metal-poor star LP 815-43
  • SBBN prediction
  • Depletion ?

6Li/7Li = 0.046 ± 0.022

[Fe/H] = −2.74

This Li6 abundance may be primordial

6Li/7Li ≃ 3 × 10−5

D6 ≃ 2.5D7

log10(6Li/7Li)p = 1.5D7 + log10(6Li/7Li)obs

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Chemical evolution model

  • spallation process ( p + O, C, N )
  • α-α fusion reactions
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  • 5. D
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D

  • Absorption lines in Damped Lyα systems along

sight lines of QSOs

  • Burles & Tytler (1998)

PKS 1937-1009 (z=3.572) Q 1009+299 (z=2.504)

  • O’Meara et al (2001)

HS 0105+1619 (z=2.536)

  • Kirkman et al (2003)

Q 1243+3047 (z=2.252)

  • O’Meara et al (2006)

SDSS1558-0031 (z=2.702)

  • Pettini & Bowen (2001)

Q 2206-199 (z=2.076) D/H = (3.25 ± 0.3) × 10−5 D/H = 3.98+0.59

−0.67 × 10−5

D/H = (2.54 ± 0.23) × 10−5 D/H = 2.42+0.35

−0.25 × 10−5

D/H = (1.65 ± 0.35) × 10−5 D/H = 2.88+0.49

−0.43 × 10−5

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D absorption in QSO spectrum

Velocity (km sec

  • 1)

F 10-16 (ergs sec-1 cm-2 Å

  • 1)

H D

20

Ly-

20

Ly-

20

Ly-4

20

Ly-5

20

Ly-6

20

Ly-7

  • 200
  • 100

100 200 20

Ly-8

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Velocity (km sec

  • 1)

F 10-16 (ergs sec-1 cm-2 Å

  • 1)

H D H D Ly-9 Ly-10 Ly-11 Ly-12

  • 100

100

Ly-13 Ly-14 Ly-15 Ly-16 Ly-17

  • 100

100

Ly-18

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D/H vs N

17 18 19 20 21 log NHI 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 log D/H

4. 314 4. 358 4. 398 4. 437 4. 473 4. 508 4. 541 4. 573 4. 604 4. 633 4. 662 4. 690 4. 717 4. 743 4. 768 4. 793 4. 817 4. 841 4. 864 4. 887 4. 3 4. 5 4. 7 4. 8

b h2

0.015 0.020 0.025 0.030 PKS1937 Q1009 HS0105 Q1243 Q2206

HI

No plausible mechanism to explain correlation

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D/H vs NHI

However, a single value for D/H is still not supported

17 18 19 20 21 log NHI 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 log D/H

4. 314 4. 358 4. 398 4. 437 4. 473 4. 508 4. 541 4. 573 4. 604 4. 633 4. 662 4. 690 4. 717 4. 743 4. 768 4. 793 4. 817 4. 841 4. 864 4. 887 4. 3 4. 5 4. 7 4. 8

b h2

0.015 0.020 0.025 0.030 SDSS1558 PKS1937 Q1009 HS0105 Q1243 Q2206

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D/H vs NHI

However, a single value for D/H is still not supported

17 18 19 20 21 log NHI 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 log D/H

4. 314 4. 358 4. 398 4. 437 4. 473 4. 508 4. 541 4. 573 4. 604 4. 633 4. 662 4. 690 4. 717 4. 743 4. 768 4. 793 4. 817 4. 841 4. 864 4. 887 4. 3 4. 5 4. 7 4. 8

b h2

0.015 0.020 0.025 0.030 SDSS1558 PKS1937 Q1009 HS0105 Q1243 Q2206 WMAP3

weighted mean

D/H = (2.82 ± 0.26) × 10−5

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Conclusion

  • 元素合成の理論と観測はよく合っているいる

が、より精密な定量的比較を行うにはもっと 系統誤差の理解が必要

  • 宇宙のバリオン密度を精度良く決める役割は

CMBにとられた

  • しかし、現在でも宇宙の最も初期を探ること

のできる重要なプローブである

constraints on exotic particles

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  • 10
  • 9.5
  • 9

S03 WMAP only S03 WMAP + other K03 Q1243+3047 PB01 Q2206-199 O01 HS 0105+1619 O01 PKS 1937-1009 O01 Q1009+299 LPPC03 PPR00 IT98 IT98 subsample re-analyzed here Conservative Allowable Range CMB Measurements D/H Measurements He/H Measurements

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4000 5000 6000 7000

  • 0.04
  • 0.02

0.02 0.04

Whitford (1958) as parameterized by Miller & Mathews 1972 and Izotov, Thuan & Lipovetsky 1994

Extinction Law Comparison

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  • 1.2
  • 1.0
  • 0.8
  • 0.6
  • 0.4
  • 0.2

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8

4000

3.0 2.0 1.0

5000 10000 20000 3346 3727 H H H Wavelength (Å) f() Relative extinction f() - f(H) Relative extinction 1/ Reciprocal wavelength (µ )

1

Extinction Curve

Osterbrock’s text book

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1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 5876 relevant range in (3889) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 1 1.05 4471 1 2 3 4 5 7065 .5 1 3889 10,000 K (R68) 10,000 K (BSS) 20,000 K (R68) 20,000 K (BSS) BSS fit IT(98) fit

(3889) Intensity Ratio

Decrease with increasing temp is due to decreasing population

  • f 2 S by collisional excitation

3

Benjamin, Skillman, Smits 2002, ApJ 569,288

fitting : f(τ) = f0 + f1τ + f2τ 2 · · ·

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1 1.01 1.02 5876 .5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 .998 1 1.002 1.004 1.006 1.008 4471 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 7065 .8 .85 .9 .95 1 3889 10,000 K (BSS) 20,000 K (BSS) BSS limited fit BSS full fit IT(98) fit

(3889) Intensity Ratio

Fitting formula large difference from IZ 98

Benjamin, Skillman, Smits 2002, ApJ 569,288

f(τ) = 1 + (τ/2)[a + (b0 + b1ne + b2n2

2)T]

(τ ≤ 2.0)

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New Emissivity

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f(3889) = 1 + (τ/2)

  • −0.106 + (5.14 × 10−5 − 4.20 × 10−7ne + 1.97 × 10−10n2

e)T)

  • f(4026)

= 1 + (τ/2)

  • 0.00143 + (4.05 × 10−4 + 3.63 × 10−8ne)T)
  • f(4471)

= 1 + (τ/2)

  • 0.00274 + (8.81 × 10−4 − 1.21 × 10−6ne)T)
  • f(5876)

= 1 + (τ/2)

  • 0.00470 + (2.23 × 10−3 − 2.51 × 10−6ne)T)
  • f(6678)

= 1 f(7065) = 1 + (τ/2)

  • 0.359 + (−3.46 × 10−2 − 1.84 × 10−4ne + 3.039 × 10−7n2

e)T)

  • τ = τ3889 = n(23S)σ3889RS

n(23S) :density of HeI in the metastable state RS :Stromgren radius

Optical depth functions

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Crighton, Webb, Ortiz-Gil, Fernandez-Soto (2004)