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Studying the absorption signatures of H I Lyman-α\ in the warm-hot circumgalactic medium with TNG50

P. Aparicio Marcos , P. Richter , M. Sparre , F. R\"unger , D. Nelson This is my paper

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keywords circumgalactic mediumLyman-alpha absorptionwarm-hot gasTNG50 simulationMilky Way-like galaxiesHI column densitycoronal broad absorbers
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Warm-hot circumgalactic gas produces detectable Lyman-alpha absorption that accounts for half of CGM HI absorbers around Milky Way-like galaxies.

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The paper uses synthetic spectra from the TNG50 simulation to isolate HI Lyman-alpha absorption features arising exclusively from gas hotter than 10^5 K around z=0 galaxies with masses 10^11.7 to 10^12.3 solar masses. It reports that these coronal broad Lyα absorbers (CBLAs) show a covering fraction fc of approximately 0.8 for log N_HI at or above 13, span column densities from 11.6 to 15.4, and dominate roughly 50 percent of all CGM absorbers. The traced gas sits at temperatures 10^5.2 to 10^6.4 K and represents about 7 percent of the total baryon budget and 25 percent of the CGM mass in the simulated systems, including a new population of strong absorbers at large radii.

Core claim

Analysis of 75 sightlines through the CGM of 15 TNG50 galaxies shows that CBLAs have a significant absorption cross-section with fc ≈ 0.8 for log N_HI ≥ 13. Approximately 50 percent of the CGM absorbers are dominated by CBLA absorption. These features trace warm-hot gas in the temperature range T = 10^{5.2-6.4} K, which accounts for ~7 percent of the overall baryon budget and ~25 percent of the total CGM mass. A subset of strong CBLAs reaches log N_HI up to 14.9 and traces massive warm-hot structures at large radial distances.

What carries the argument

Coronal broad Lyα absorbers (CBLAs), defined as HI Lyman-alpha absorption features produced by warm-hot CGM gas at temperatures above 10^5 K and isolated via synthetic spectra to quantify their contribution to observed optical depth.

If this is right

  • CBLAs contribute substantially to the total HI optical depth through the CGM.
  • The warm-hot phase traced by CBLAs comprises one-quarter of the simulated CGM mass.
  • Strong CBLAs identify massive warm-hot structures at large galactocentric distances.
  • Multi-phase CGM interpretations at low redshift must include the warm-hot absorber population.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the simulated absorber statistics hold, stacking analyses of real quasar spectra could separate the warm-hot contribution from cooler phases using line width and column density distributions.
  • Cross-matching CBLA sightlines with X-ray emission maps of the same halos could test whether the same gas reservoir is detected in both absorption and emission.
  • Extending the analysis to higher redshifts in the simulation would predict how the CBLA fraction evolves and whether it affects interpretations of the missing baryons problem at earlier epochs.

Load-bearing premise

The TNG50 simulation produces a realistic spatial distribution, temperature structure, and neutral hydrogen content in the warm-hot CGM of MW-like galaxies such that the synthetic spectra accurately isolate absorption from gas above 10^5 K.

What would settle it

High-resolution quasar spectra toward background sources near Milky Way-like galaxies should show roughly 50 percent of HI absorbers with Doppler parameters indicating gas temperatures above 10^5 K and a covering fraction near 0.8 for log N_HI ≥ 13; a substantially lower observed fraction would falsify the claim.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.04083 by D. Nelson, F. R\"unger, M. Sparre, P. Aparicio Marcos, P. Richter.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Example of the total H i Lyα profile from our TNG50 sample. The normalized intensity is plotted as a function of the LOS velocity for a sightline passing within R200 of a MW-like galaxy from TNG50 at z = 0. The profile corresponds to the total observed H i Lyα absorption and is decomposed into two components: a cold and a hot H i phase. The hot contribution embedded in the total H i absorption profile corr… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Illustration of gas properties along a representative sightline placed within R200 in one of our TNG50 MW-like galaxy halos at z = 0. Left panel: Projected H i surface mass density in the plane perpendicular to the sightline direction. The black circle shows R200, and the white star marks the position of the sightline (in this example, the sightline runs along the x-axis). Right panel: Variation in column … view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Statistical radial dependence of the H i column density (log NHI, upper panel), H i equivalent width (EWHI, middle panel), and H i effec￾tive Doppler width (beff,HI, bottom panel) for CBLAs along nine sight￾lines randomly arranged in a ring pattern around a MW-like galaxy halo from TNG50 at z = 0 with a mass of M200 = 9.75 × 1011 M⊙ (see Sect. 3.2). The shaded regions represent the 1-2σ confidence interval… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Same as [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Top panels: Distributions of H i column densities, log NHI, H i equivalent widths (EWHI), and average gas temperatures, log T, for all CBLAs (i.e. warm-hot gas) identified in the 75 sightlines across our sample of 15 MW-like galaxies from TNG50 at z = 0. Bottom left and middle panels: Cumulative fractions of log NHI and EWHI, respectively. Bottom right panel: Dependence of log NHI and log T colour-coded by… view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Distribution of H i column densities for the 75 CGM absorbers discussed in Sect. 4.3. The black bars represent the total H i column density (i.e. including all gas phases), while the coloured bars show the H i column density of the warm-hot component (T ≥ 105 K), i.e. the CBLA column density (see also [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Fraction of hot gas, fhot, as a function of the total (i.e. all gas phases) H i column density for our sample of 75 CGM absorbers. The horizontal dashed line marks fhot = 0.5, separating hot-dominated from cold-dominated absorbers. The shaded region highlights the H i column density range log N total HI = 13.25 − 14.50, where both hot- and cold￾dominated absorbers co-exist. ically lower column densities, t… view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: Radial velocities of strong CBLAs as a function of impact pa￾rameter D. Blue and red points correspond to inflowing (vrad < 0) and outflowing (vrad > 0) gas, respectively. The dashed horizontal line indi￾cates zero radial velocity, separating inflows from outflows. CBLAs are indicated in blue and strong CBLAs are indicated in red. Although there is a tendency for strong CBLAs with the highest column densit… view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Neutral hydrogen column density (log NHI, top) and equivalent width (EWHI, bottom) as a function of impact parameter D for our sam￾ple of 75 simulated CBLAs. Strong CBLAs with log NHI > 14.0 are marked as red stars (see Section 5). hot gas in the circumgalactic environment of MW-like galaxies: galactic winds/outflows (e.g. Nelson et al. 2019; Péroux et al. 2020; Truong et al. 2021; Pillepich et al. 2021b; … view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Face-on 2D-slice view of a MW-like halo from TNG50 at z = 0 with log M200/M⊙ = 12.03 showing the neutral hydrogen density (log nHI, left) and temperature (middle) for the warm-hot gas (T ≥ 105 K). The LOS is indicated by the black arrow; the bigger black circle marks R200, and the smaller one denotes the extent of the H i disk for reference, which in this case RHI−disk = 27.74 kpc. Additionally, the right… view at source ↗
read the original abstract

In this study, we investigate the spectral signatures of neutral hydrogen Lyman-$\alpha$ absorption arising from the warm-hot gas component of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) around $z=0$ Milky Way (MW)-like galaxies using the high-resolution TNG50 cosmological simulation. We used synthetic absorption spectra to identify and characterise coronal broad Ly$\alpha$ absorbers (CBLAs), which represent H I absorption features produced by the warm-hot CGM at temperatures above $10^5$ K. Our study implies that CBLAs have a significant absorption cross-section, $f_c$, around MW-like galaxies. Based on an analysis of 75 sightlines intersecting the CGM of 15 galaxies in the mass range $10^{11.7} M_{\odot} \leq M_{200} \leq 10^{12.3} M_{\odot}$, we find $f_c \approx 0.8$ for $\log N_{\rm HI} \geq 13$, where CBLAs span a total column-density range $\log N_{\rm HI}=11.6-15.4$. Therefore, CBLAs provide a significant contribution to the overall H I optical depth in the CGM with $\sim 50\%$ of the CGM absorbers being dominated by CBLA absorption. Furthermore, we find that CBLAs trace warm-hot gas in a temperature range $T=10^{5.2-6.4}$ K, which accounts for $\sim 7\%$ of the overall baryon budget in the TNG50 galaxies and $\sim 25\%$ of the total CGM mass. Finally, we identify a population of strong CBLAs that exhibit substantial H I column densities up to $\log N_{\rm HI}=14.9$. This population represents a new absorber class tracing massive warm-hot circumgalactic structures at large radial distances. In conclusion, our study demonstrates that CBLAs represent an important absorber class that needs to be considered when interpreting the H I absorption signatures from the multi-phase CGM of MW-like galaxies at low redshift.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper analyzes synthetic H I Lyman-α absorption spectra generated from the TNG50 cosmological simulation for 15 Milky Way-like galaxies (M_200 in 10^{11.7}-10^{12.3} M_⊙) at z=0. Along 75 sightlines through the CGM, it identifies coronal broad Lyα absorbers (CBLAs) arising from warm-hot gas with T > 10^5 K. Key results include a covering fraction f_c ≈ 0.8 for log N_HI ≥ 13 (with CBLAs spanning log N_HI = 11.6-15.4), ~50% of CGM absorbers being CBLA-dominated, and this gas phase (T = 10^{5.2-6.4} K) accounting for ~7% of the baryon budget and ~25% of total CGM mass. A population of strong CBLAs at large radii is also noted.

Significance. If the quantitative results are robust, the work demonstrates that warm-hot CGM gas produces a substantial fraction of observable H I absorption around MW-like galaxies, requiring its inclusion in interpretations of multi-phase CGM observations. The use of high-resolution TNG50 output with synthetic spectra provides concrete, simulation-derived predictions for absorber covering fractions, column-density distributions, and mass budgets that are directly testable against quasar absorption-line data.

major comments (2)
  1. [Methods] Methods section (sightline selection and galaxy sample): The criteria used to select the 15 galaxies in the stated mass range and to place the 75 sightlines are not described. This is load-bearing for the reported f_c ≈ 0.8 and mass-fraction claims, as the results depend on how representative the sample is of the overall CGM population.
  2. [Analysis of absorbers] Analysis of absorbers (identification algorithm): The procedure for identifying absorbers in the synthetic spectra, attributing absorption to specific gas phases, and determining whether an absorber is 'dominated by CBLA absorption' (including any tests for contamination from T < 10^5 K or T > 10^{6.4} K gas) is not specified. This directly affects the ~50% contribution claim and the attributed temperature range.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The temperature range is written as T=10^{5.2-6.4} K; ensure consistent use of scientific notation (e.g., 10^{5.2-6.4}) and explicit definition of CBLA on first use throughout the manuscript.
  2. Notation: Column densities are given as log N_HI without specifying the base or units in all instances; add a brief clarification in the methods or figure captions for clarity.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their constructive comments, which highlight the need for greater methodological transparency. We will revise the manuscript to provide the requested details on sample selection and absorber analysis, thereby strengthening the presentation of our results on CBLAs in the TNG50 CGM.

read point-by-point responses

  1. Referee: [Methods] Methods section (sightline selection and galaxy sample): The criteria used to select the 15 galaxies in the stated mass range and to place the 75 sightlines are not described. This is load-bearing for the reported f_c ≈ 0.8 and mass-fraction claims, as the results depend on how representative the sample is of the overall CGM population.

    Authors: We agree that the manuscript does not provide sufficient detail on these selection procedures. In the revised version we will add an explicit subsection describing (i) the precise criteria applied to identify the 15 TNG50 galaxies within the quoted M_200 range (including any isolation, morphology or star-formation cuts), and (ii) the algorithm used to generate the 75 sightlines (random orientations, impact-parameter distribution, and radial extent). This addition will allow readers to evaluate the representativeness of the sample for the reported covering fractions and mass budgets. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Analysis of absorbers] Analysis of absorbers (identification algorithm): The procedure for identifying absorbers in the synthetic spectra, attributing absorption to specific gas phases, and determining whether an absorber is 'dominated by CBLA absorption' (including any tests for contamination from T < 10^5 K or T > 10^{6.4} K gas) is not specified. This directly affects the ~50% contribution claim and the attributed temperature range.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the absorber identification and phase-attribution methodology is not described at the level of detail required. We will expand the Methods section to document (i) the algorithm used to detect and fit absorbers in the synthetic spectra, (ii) the procedure for associating absorption with individual gas cells and temperature bins, (iii) the quantitative criterion for classifying an absorber as CBLA-dominated (e.g., fractional optical-depth contribution), and (iv) any tests performed to quantify possible contamination from gas outside the T = 10^{5.2–6.4} K range. These additions will directly support the ~50 % contribution and temperature-range statements. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity

full rationale

The paper reports direct measurements extracted from TNG50 simulation outputs after generating synthetic Ly-alpha spectra: covering fraction f_c, absorber dominance fractions, temperature ranges, and baryon/CGM mass contributions. These quantities are computed from the simulation's gas cells and sightline analysis rather than from any internal equations, fitted parameters, or self-citations that reduce the reported values to the inputs by construction. No self-definitional steps, fitted-input predictions, uniqueness theorems, or ansatzes are invoked in the provided text. The analysis is a standard post-processing study of simulation data and remains self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 2 axioms · 1 invented entities

The central claims rest on the fidelity of the TNG50 simulation for warm-hot CGM properties and on the operational definition of CBLAs via a temperature cut and absorption profile criteria.

free parameters (1)
  • Temperature threshold defining warm-hot gas = 10^5 K
    The 10^5 K cut is used to isolate CBLAs; it is a conventional but paper-specific choice that directly determines which absorbers are counted.
axioms (2)
  • domain assumption TNG50 hydrodynamical simulation produces realistic neutral hydrogen fractions and kinematics in the warm-hot CGM
    All reported covering fractions, mass contributions, and absorber statistics are derived from this simulation output.
  • domain assumption Synthetic spectra generated from the simulation accurately reproduce observable Lyman-alpha absorption without significant numerical artifacts
    The identification of CBLAs and the reported column-density range depend on this assumption.
invented entities (1)
  • Coronal broad Lyα absorbers (CBLAs) no independent evidence
    purpose: To label and isolate H I absorption features produced exclusively by warm-hot CGM gas
    CBLAs are introduced in the paper as a new absorber class defined by temperature and spectral properties.

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