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再电离时期莱曼α辐射转移:对21厘米信号起伏的贡献

Lyman-alpha radiative transfer during the Epoch of Reionization: contribution to 21-cm signal fluctuations

B. Semelin, F. Combes, S. Baek

摘要:

在再电离时期,第一批恒星发射的Ly-alpha光子可以将中性氢的自旋温度与气体的动力学温度耦合起来,从而有机会观察气体在21厘米线上的发射或吸收。鉴于明亮的前景,它是最重要的,以准确地确定信号的波动签名,能够提取它的相关功率。LICORICE是一个Monte-Carlo辐射转移程序,通过自适应Tree-SPH程序与动力学耦合。我们在这里提出的Ly-alpha部分的实现,并通过三个经典的测试验证它。与以前的工作相反,我们没有假设P_alpha,即每秒每个原子的Ly-alpha光子散射的数量,与Ly-alpha背景通量成正比,而是考虑了Ly-alpha线翼中的散射。后者的作用是使各源周围P_α的径向轮廓变陡,并加强了起伏的对比度。在重子物质宇宙细丝的特殊几何结构中,Ly-alpha光子从细丝中散射出来,P_alpha的大尺度结构具有明显的各向异性。这可能对21厘米信号的可能探测产生强烈的影响。

英文摘要:

During the epoch of reionization, Ly-alpha photons emitted by the first stars can couple the neutral hydrogen spin temperature to the kinetic gas temperature, providing the opportunity to observe the gas in emission or absorption in the 21-cm line. Given the bright foregrounds, it is of prime importance to determine precisely the fluctuations signature of the signal, to be able to extract it by its correlation power. LICORICE is a Monte-Carlo radiative transfer code, coupled to the dynamics via an adaptative Tree-SPH code. We present here the Ly-alpha part of the implementation, and validate it through three classical tests. Contrary to previous works, we do not assume that P_alpha, the number of scatterings of Ly-alpha photons per atom per second, is proportional to the Ly-alpha background flux, but take into account the scatterings in the Ly-alpha line wings. The latter have the effect to steepen the radial profile of P_alpha around each source, and re-inforce the contrast of the fluctuations. In the particular geometry of cosmic filaments of baryonic matter, Ly-alpha photons are scattered out of the filament, and the large scale structure of P_alpha is significantly anisotropic. This could have strong implications for the possible detection of the 21-cm signal.

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