Cosmos Redshift 7 is an Active Black Hole
Abstract
We present the first ab initio cosmological simulations of a CR7-like object which approximately reproduce the observed line widths and strengths. In our model, CR7 is powered by a massive (3:23 107 M ) black hole (BH) the accretion rate of which varies between ' 0.25 and ' 0.9 times the Eddington rate on timescales as short as 103 yr. Our model takes into account multi-dimensional effects, X-ray feedback, secondary ionizations and primordial chemistry. We estimate Ly- line widths by post-processing simulation output with Monte Carlo radiative transfer and calculate emissivity contributions from radiative recombination and collisional excitation. We find the luminosities in the Lyman- and He II 1640 angstrom lines to be 5:0 1044 and 2:4 1043 erg s-1, respectively, in agreement with the observed values of > 8:3 1043 and 2:0 1043 erg s-1. We also find that the black hole heats the halo and renders it unable to produce stars as required to keep the halo metal free. These results demonstrate the viability of the BH hypothesis for CR7 in a cosmological context. Assuming the BH mass and accretion rate that we find, we estimate the synchrotron luminosity of CR7 to be P ' 1040 - 1041more »
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1338773
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-16-21373
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8213; TRN: US1701639
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online); Journal Volume: 829; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8213
- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Galaxies
Citation Formats
Smidt, Joseph Michael, Wiggins, Brandon Kerry, and Johnson, Jarrett L. Cosmos Redshift 7 is an Active Black Hole. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L6.
Smidt, Joseph Michael, Wiggins, Brandon Kerry, & Johnson, Jarrett L. Cosmos Redshift 7 is an Active Black Hole. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L6
Smidt, Joseph Michael, Wiggins, Brandon Kerry, and Johnson, Jarrett L. Wed .
"Cosmos Redshift 7 is an Active Black Hole". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L6. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1338773.
@article{osti_1338773,
title = {Cosmos Redshift 7 is an Active Black Hole},
author = {Smidt, Joseph Michael and Wiggins, Brandon Kerry and Johnson, Jarrett L.},
abstractNote = {We present the first ab initio cosmological simulations of a CR7-like object which approximately reproduce the observed line widths and strengths. In our model, CR7 is powered by a massive (3:23 107 M ) black hole (BH) the accretion rate of which varies between ' 0.25 and ' 0.9 times the Eddington rate on timescales as short as 103 yr. Our model takes into account multi-dimensional effects, X-ray feedback, secondary ionizations and primordial chemistry. We estimate Ly- line widths by post-processing simulation output with Monte Carlo radiative transfer and calculate emissivity contributions from radiative recombination and collisional excitation. We find the luminosities in the Lyman- and He II 1640 angstrom lines to be 5:0 1044 and 2:4 1043 erg s-1, respectively, in agreement with the observed values of > 8:3 1043 and 2:0 1043 erg s-1. We also find that the black hole heats the halo and renders it unable to produce stars as required to keep the halo metal free. These results demonstrate the viability of the BH hypothesis for CR7 in a cosmological context. Assuming the BH mass and accretion rate that we find, we estimate the synchrotron luminosity of CR7 to be P ' 1040 - 1041 erg s-1, which is sufficiently luminous to be observed in Jy observations and would discriminate this scenario from one where the luminosity is driven by Population III stars.},
doi = {10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L6},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)},
number = 1,
volume = 829,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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