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前银河21厘米辐射的引力透镜

Gravitational Lensing of Pregalactic 21 cm Radiation

R. Benton Metcalf

摘要:

在宇宙再电离时期和之前对中性氢进行低频射电观测,如果能达到~ 1弧分或更高的分辨率,将提供数百个准独立的源面,每个源面都有精确的红移。这些平面可用于重建前景材料的投影质量分布。对21厘米透镜效应的广域观测将对宇宙学参数,特别是对暗能量提供非常敏感的约束。这些是高达20倍,严格的限制,可从大规模的,非常深入的调查星系透镜,虽然最好的约束来自结合数据的两种类型。任何射电望远镜如果能在~> 10 MHz的带宽上以良好的频率分辨率(~ 0.05 MHz)测绘21 cm亮温,就应该能制作出高质量的大规模地图。如果再电离时期是在z ~ 9,那么就可以获得非常大量的宇宙学信息。计划中的平方公里阵列(SKA)应该能够以几弧分的分辨率绘制质量,这取决于宇宙的再电离历史以及如何成功地减去前景源。如果满足相同的条件,低频阵列(LOFAR)将能够测量准确的物质功率谱。

英文摘要:

Low-frequency radio observations of neutral hydrogen during and before the epoch of cosmic reionization will provide hundreds of quasi-independent source planes, each of precisely known redshift, if a resolution of ~ 1 arcminutes or better can be attained. These planes can be used to reconstruct the projected mass distribution of foreground material. A wide-area survey of 21 cm lensing would provide very sensitive constraints on cosmological parameters, in particular on dark energy. These are up to 20 times tighter than the constraints obtainable from comparably sized, very deep surveys of galaxy lensing although the best constraints come from combining data of the two types. Any radio telescope capable of mapping the 21cm brightness temperature with good frequency resolution (~ 0.05 MHz) over a band of width ~> 10 MHz should be able to make mass maps of high quality. If the reionization epoch is at z ~ 9 very large amounts of cosmological information will be accessible. The planned Square Kilometer Array (SKA) should be capable of mapping the mass with a resolution of a few arcminutes depending on the reionization history of the universe and how successfully foreground sources can be subtracted. The Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) will be able to measure an accurate matter power spectrum if the same conditions are met.

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