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Ly-alpha Clouds Associated with Pop III Objects in Cold Dark Matter Models

Astrophysics 2016-08-30 v1

Abstract

We present a semi-analytical model to test the hypothesis that Ly-alpha QSO absorption lines originate in gaseous halos produced by multiple supernova explosions occurring in Pop III objects in a CDM cosmological scenario hoping to assess the validity of CDM models and/or constrain their parameters. The preliminary results indicate that the range of NHIN_{HI}, redshift distribution and metallicity of clouds are well reproduced by CDM if they are associated with galaxy halos or groups. Firm conclusions on clouds with NHI1014cm2N_{HI}\le 10^{14} cm^{-2} need a more refined study.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9703112,
  title  = {Ly-alpha Clouds Associated with Pop III Objects in Cold Dark Matter Models},
  author = {Benedetta Ciardi and Andrea Ferrara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9703112},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

9 pages, 3 figures, LaTeX, ApJL submitted

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