A Unified Fitting of HI and HeII LyαTransmitted Flux of QSO HE2347 with LCDM Hydrodynamic Simulations

Abstract

Using cosmological hydrodynamic simulations of the LCDM model, we present a comparison between the simulation sample and real data sample of HI and HeII Lyαtransmitted flux in the absorption spectra of the QSO HE2347-4342. The LCDM model is successful in simultaneously explaining the statistical features of both HI and HeII Lyαtransmitted flux. It includes: 1.) the power spectra of the transmitted flux of HI and HeII can be well fitted on all scales > 0.28h^{-1} Mpc for H, and > 1.1h^{-1} Mpc for He; 2.) the Doppler parameters of absorption features of HeII and HI are found to be turbulent-broadening; 3.) the ratio of HeII to HI optical depths are substantially scattered, due to the significant effect of noise. A large part of the η-scatter is due to the noise in the HeII flux. However, the real data contain more low-ηevents than simulation sample. This discrepancy may indicate that the mechanism leading extra fluctuations upon the simulation data, such as a fluctuating UV radiation background, is needed. Yet, models of these extra fluctuations should satisfy the constraints: 1.) if the fluctuations are Gaussian, they should be limited by the power spectra of observed HI and HeII flux; 2.) if the fluctuations are non-Gaussian, they should be limited by the observed non-Gaussian features of the HI and HeII flux.