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Constraining the Physics of the Intergalactic and Circumgalactic Media with Lyman-alpha Absorption

Sorini, Daniele

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Abstract

Lyman-alpha (Ly-a) absorption features detected in quasar spectra in the redshift range 0<z<6 are a powerful tool to probe the intergalactic and circumgalactic media (IGM and CGM) and, consequently, to constrain models of galaxy formation and cosmology. In the first part of this thesis, I overcome certain numerical challenges posed by cosmological hydrodynamic simulations by developing a novel semi-analytic technique to predict various statistics of the Ly-a absorption in the IGM with large N-body cosmological simulations. The technique developed in this work is more accurate than previous attempts in the literature. More importantly, it can be applied on Gpc-scale N-body simulations, allowing an accurate investigation of the Ly-a absorption at unprecedentedly large scales. In the second part of the thesis, I consider observations of Ly-a absorption in spectra of background quasars at different transverse separations (between 25 kpc and 17 Mpc) from foreground galaxies, and compare them with the predictions of different state-of-the-art hydrodynamic cosmological simulations. For the first time, I show that combining observations of Ly-a absorption in the IGM and the CGM can tightly constrain the models of sub-resolution physical processes implemented in simulations (e.g., feedback). With near-future high-precision observations of Ly-a absorption, the tools developed in this work will set the stage for even stronger constraints on models of galaxy formation and cosmology.

Dokumententyp: Dissertation
Erstgutachter: Hennawi, Prof. Dr. Joseph
Tag der Prüfung: 17 Oktober 2017
Erstellungsdatum: 17 Nov. 2017 07:52
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Institute/Einrichtungen: Zentrale und Sonstige Einrichtungen > Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (ZAH) > ZAH: Institut f. Theoretische Astrophysik
Zentrale und Sonstige Einrichtungen > Graduiertenschulen > Graduiertenschule Fundamentale Physik (HGSFP)
Zentrale und Sonstige Einrichtungen > Max-Planck-Institute allgemein > MPI fuer Astronomie
DDC-Sachgruppe: 520 Astronomie
530 Physik
Freie Schlagwörter: cosmology - galaxy formation - intergalactic medium - circumgalactic medium - quasar - Lyman-alpha - absorption spectra
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