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Table 5

Comparison of UV background spectra from the literature.

zsys Ionizing spectrumd Log  Log U [Si/H] [Si/C] log η σ

1.7529 recovered SEDa -2.30 -2.15 +0.08 -0.81 1.61 4.7
HM01 -2.61 -1.92 -0.22 -0.99 1.95 6.8
FG09 -2.27 -2.17 +0.15 -0.76 1.50 8.5
MH09/HM+S -2.16 -2.27 +0.31 -0.61 1.29 12.4
MH09/DR10 -2.37 -2.08 +0.01 -0.84 1.78 4.2
MH09/DR30 -2.44 -2.01 -0.09 -0.91 1.96 7.9
MH09/DR500 -2.77 -1.68 -0.46 -1.15 2.51 15.5
2.3799 recovered SEDb -2.77 -1.67 -2.39 +0.46 2.37 0.1
HM01 -3.02 -1.50 -2.12 -0.11 2.20 6.3
FG09 -2.71 -1.72 -1.81 -0.17 1.81 7.5
MH09/HM+S -2.56 -1.87 -1.53 -0.24 1.50 7.9
MH09/DR10 -2.88 -1.57 -1.81 -0.22 2.20 2.5
MH09/DR30 -2.94 -1.51 -1.96 -0.10 2.47 0.1
MH09/DR500 -2.96 -1.49 -2.51 +0.41 2.98 4.3
2.8266 recovered SEDc -3.54 -0.93 -1.46 -0.34 2.79 0.1
HM01 -3.52 -1.00 -0.73 -0.79 2.34 30.9
FG09 -3.17 -1.26 -0.50 +0.83 1.89 34.7
MH09/HM+S -2.94 -1.49 -0.09 -0.85 1.53 31.5
MH09/DR10 -3.32 -1.13 -0.24 -1.05 2.27 14.5
MH09/DR30 -3.43 -1.02 -0.33 -1.05 2.52 9.6
MH09/DR500 -3.57 -0.87 -1.02 -0.72 3.13 3.6

Notes.

a

Recovered SED has (Δ123) = (+0.4, −0.5, +0.4);

b

recovered SED has (Δ123) = (+0.4,0.0, −0.3);

c

recovered SED has (Δ123) = (+0.3, −0.6, −0.4);

d

HM01: Haardt & Madau (2001), FG09: Faucher-Giguère et al. (2009), MH09/HM+S: Madau & Haardt (2009) photoionization equilibrium model, MH09/DR10, MH09/DR30, MH09/DR500: Madau & Haardt (2009) delayed helium reionization model where the He ii/H i ratio is boosted by a factor 10, 30, and 500, respectively.

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