Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-09-06
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.375:1269-1279,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Replaced with a revised version to match the MNRAS accepted version
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11361.x
A simple analytical model is used to calculate the X-ray heating of the IGM for a range of black hole masses. This process is efficient enough to decouple the spin temperature of the intergalactic medium from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and produce a differential brightness temperature of the order of $\sim 5-20 \mathrm{mK}$ out to distances as large as a few co-moving Mpc, depending on the redshift, black hole mass and lifetime. We explore the influence of two types of black holes, those with and without ionising UV radiation. The results of the simple analytical model are compared to those of a full spherically symmetric radiative transfer code. Two simple scenarios are proposed for the formation and evolution of black hole mass density in the Universe. The first considers an intermediate mass black hole that form as an end-product of Population III stars, whereas the second considers super-massive black holes that form directly through the collapse of massive halos with low spin parameter. These scenarios are shown not to violate any of the observational constraints, yet produce enough X-ray photons to decouple the spin-temperature from that of the CMB. This is an important issue for future high redshift 21 cm observations.
Silk Joe
Sugiyama Naoshi
Thomas Rajat M.
Zaroubi Saleem
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