%0 Generic %1 garzilli2015broadening %A Garzilli, Antonella %A Theuns, Tom %A Schaye, Joop %D 2015 %K absorption alpha broadening forest lyman %T The broadening of Lyman-alpha forest absorption lines %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1502.05715 %X We provide an analytical description of the line broadening of HI absorbers in the Lyman-alpha forest resulting from Doppler broadening and Jeans smoothing. We demonstrate that our relation captures the dependence of the line-width on column density for narrow lines in z~3 mock spectra remarkably well. Broad lines at a given column density arise when the underlying density structure is more complex, and such clustering is not captured by our model. Our understanding of the line broadening opens the way to a new method to characterise the thermal state of the intergalactic medium and to determine the sizes of the absorbing structures.

@misc{garzilli2015broadening, abstract = {We provide an analytical description of the line broadening of HI absorbers in the Lyman-alpha forest resulting from Doppler broadening and Jeans smoothing. We demonstrate that our relation captures the dependence of the line-width on column density for narrow lines in z~3 mock spectra remarkably well. Broad lines at a given column density arise when the underlying density structure is more complex, and such clustering is not captured by our model. Our understanding of the line broadening opens the way to a new method to characterise the thermal state of the intergalactic medium and to determine the sizes of the absorbing structures.}, added-at = {2015-02-23T10:24:34.000+0100}, author = {Garzilli, Antonella and Theuns, Tom and Schaye, Joop}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28c36b69c8adb867d23ee33ea8bc09d63/miki}, description = {[1502.05715] The broadening of Lyman-alpha forest absorption lines}, interhash = {02405445b89768195aaa7c6e7e4151e1}, intrahash = {8c36b69c8adb867d23ee33ea8bc09d63}, keywords = {absorption alpha broadening forest lyman}, note = {cite arxiv:1502.05715Comment: 12 pages, 15 figures, Re-submitted to MNRAS after addressing the referee's comments}, timestamp = {2015-02-23T10:24:34.000+0100}, title = {The broadening of Lyman-alpha forest absorption lines}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1502.05715}, year = 2015 }