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用光度红移测量沿视线的重子声学振荡:PAU巡天

Measuring Baryon Acoustic Oscillations along the line of sight with photometric redshifs: the PAU survey

N. Benitez, E. Gaztanaga, R. Miquel, F. Castander, M. Moles, M. Crocce, A. Fernandez-Soto, P. Fosalba, F. Ballesteros, J. Campa, L. Cardiel-Sas, J. Castilla, D.… 展开作者

N. Benitez, E. Gaztanaga, R. Miquel, F. Castander, M. Moles, M. Crocce, A. Fernandez-Soto, P. Fosalba, F. Ballesteros, J. Campa, L. Cardiel-Sas, J. Castilla, D. Cristobal-Hornillos, M. Delfino, E. Fernandez, C. Fernandez-Sopuerta, J. Garcia-Bellido, J. A. Lobo, V. J. Martinez, A. Ortiz, A. Pacheco, S. Paredes, M. J. Pons-Borderia, E. Sanchez, S. F. Sanchez, J. Varela, J. F. de Vicente

摘要:

重子声学振荡(BAO)提供了一个已知物理长度的标准标尺,使其成为研究暗能量本质的一个有希望的探针。BAO的探测需要测量星系的位置和红移。“transmittance”(角距离)BAO测量这个尺度的角尺寸,而“line-of-sight”(或“radial”)BAO需要精确的红移,但提供了不同红移下哈勃参数的直接测量,这是一种更灵敏的暗能量探测器。本文的主要目的是表明σ_z ~0.003(1 + z)的精度足以测量径向BAO。对于明亮的红色星系,可以通过使用由大约40个滤波器组成的滤波器系统来实现这种精度,每个滤波器的宽度为~100 A,从~ 4000 A到~ 8000 A,并辅以两个宽带滤波器。我们描述了一个实际的实施,一个新的星系调查,PAU,将进行与望远镜/相机组合的光学扩展量约为20 m^2 deg^2,覆盖8000平方米。°的在天空中四年。我们期望测量超过1400万个L > L* 和i_AB < 22.5的红色早型星系的位置和红移,在0.1 < z < 0.9的区间内,sigma_z < 0.003(1 + z)。在9(Gpc/h)^3的调查体积内,这个星群的数密度n > 10^-3 Mpc^-3 h^3,这就保证了在确定BAO星等时的误差不受散粒噪声的限制。这样的调查本身将提供5%的精度在暗能量状态方程的参数w,如果假设恒定,并可以确定其时间导数时,结合未来的CMB测量。此外,PAU将为数亿其他星系提供高质量的红移和低分辨率光谱。

英文摘要:

Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) provide a standard ruler of known physical length, making it a promising probe of the nature of dark energy. The detection of BAO requires measuring galaxy positions and redshifts. "Transversal" (angular distance) BAO measure the angular size of this scale, while "line-of-sight" (or "radial") BAO require precise redshifts, but provide a direct measurement of the Hubble parameter at different redshifts, a more sensitive probe of dark energy. The main goal of this paper is to show that a precision of sigma_z ~0.003(1 + z) is sufficient to measure BAO in the radial direction. This precision can be achieved for bright, red galaxies, by using a filter system comprising about 40 filters, each with a width of ~100 A, from ~ 4000 A to ~ 8000 A, supplemented by two broad-band filters. We describe a practical implementation, a new galaxy survey, PAU, to be carried out with a telescope/camera combination with an etendue of about 20 m^2deg^2, and covering 8000 sq. deg. in the sky in four years. We expect to measure positions and redshifts for over 14 million red, early-type galaxies with L > L* and i_AB < 22.5 in the interval 0.1 < z < 0.9, with sigma_z < 0.003(1 + z). This population has a number density n > 10^-3 Mpc^-3 h^3 within the 9 (Gpc/h)^3 volume of the survey, ensuring that the error in the determination of the BAO scale is not limited by shot-noise. By itself, such a survey will deliver precisions of order 5% in the dark-energy equation of state parameter w, if assumed constant, and can determine its time derivative when combined with future CMB measurements. In addition, PAU will yield high-quality redshift and low-resolution spectroscopy for hundreds of millions of other galaxies.

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