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大尺度CMB极化再电离的模型无关约束

Model-independent constraints on reionization from large-scale CMB polarization

Michael J. Mortonson, Wayne Hu

摘要:

在大角度尺度上,CMB的偏振包含了再电离时期平均电离演化的信息。解释偏振光谱通常需要假设演化的固定函数形式,例如瞬时再电离。我们开发了一个独立于模型的方法,其中一个小的主成分完全封装的再电离的影响,大角度的E-模式偏振的任何再电离的历史在一个可调范围内的红移。使用马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗方法,我们将这种方法应用到3年的WMAP数据和模拟的未来数据。WMAP数据约束的再电离历史的两个主要组成部分,大约对应于总的光学深度和高,低红移的光学深度的贡献之间的差异。的光学深度是一致的约束,发现在以前的分析WMAP数据,假设瞬时再电离,只有稍大的不确定性,由于扩展的一组模型。使用主成分方法,WMAP数据还将红移z>20对光学深度的贡献的95%CL上限定为0.08。随着偏振灵敏度和前景建模的改进,最终可以测量大约五个主成分。主成分的约束,探测整个再电离的历史,可以测试模型的再电离,提供模型独立的约束的光学深度,并检测高红移再电离的签名。

英文摘要:

On large angular scales, the polarization of the CMB contains information about the evolution of the average ionization during the epoch of reionization. Interpretation of the polarization spectrum usually requires the assumption of a fixed functional form for the evolution, e.g. instantaneous reionization. We develop a model-independent method where a small set of principal components completely encapsulate the effects of reionization on the large-angle E-mode polarization for any reionization history within an adjustable range in redshift. Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, we apply this approach to both the 3-year WMAP data and simulated future data. WMAP data constrain two principal components of the reionization history, approximately corresponding to the total optical depth and the difference between the contributions to the optical depth at high and low redshifts. The optical depth is consistent with the constraint found in previous analyses of WMAP data that assume instantaneous reionization, with only slightly larger uncertainty due to the expanded set of models. Using the principal component approach, WMAP data also place a 95% CL upper limit of 0.08 on the contribution to the optical depth from redshifts z>20. With improvements in polarization sensitivity and foreground modeling, approximately five of the principal components can ultimately be measured. Constraints on the principal components, which probe the entire reionization history, can test models of reionization, provide model-independent constraints on the optical depth, and detect signatures of high-redshift reionization.

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