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21厘米信号在宇宙历史中的演变

Evolution of the 21 cm signal throughout cosmic history

Jonathan R. Pritchard, Abraham Loeb

摘要:

从中性氢的红移21厘米线探测再电离的时代的潜在用途是激励几个低频干涉仪的建设。通过探测三维空间中密度扰动的功率谱,在比微波背景各向异性探测的尺度更小的尺度上,来限制暴胀的初始条件,以及暗物质和暗能量的性质,也引起了人们很大的兴趣。对21厘米信号的理论理解已被分成不同的物理感兴趣的区域。本文首次尝试描述0<z<300范围内21 cm信号的全红移演化。我们包括贡献的21厘米的信号,从气体密度,温度和中性分数的波动,以及莱曼α通量,并允许从阻尼Ly α系统的后再电离信号。我们的综合分析为优化未来阵列的设计提供了一个有用的基础,其目标是通过探测21厘米功率谱的特殊速度畸变,或通过在第一个星系形成之前将21厘米视界扩展到z > 25,或当氢的残余口袋跟踪大尺度结构时将21厘米视界扩展到z < 6,将粒子物理与天体物理分离。

英文摘要:

The potential use of the redshifted 21 cm line from neutral hydrogen for probing the epoch of reionization is motivating the construction of several low-frequency interferometers. There is also much interest in the possibility of constraining the initial conditions from inflation and the nature of the dark matter and dark energy by probing the power-spectrum of density perturbations in three dimensions and on smaller scales than probed by the microwave background anisotropies. Theoretical understanding of the 21 cm signal has been fragmented into different regimes of physical interest. In this paper, we make the first attempt to describe the full redshift evolution of the 21 cm signal between 0<z<300. We include contributions to the 21 cm signal from fluctuations in the gas density, temperature and neutral fraction, as well as the Lyman alpha flux, and allow for a post-reionization signal from damped Ly alpha systems. Our comprehensive analysis provides a useful foundation for optimizing the design of future arrays whose goal is to separate the particle physics from the astrophysics, either by probing the peculiar velocity distortion of the 21 cm power spectrum, or by extending the 21 cm horizon to z > 25 before the first galaxies had formed, or to z < 6 when the residual pockets of hydrogen trace large scale structure.

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