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Rico:一个精确的宇宙学计算程序

Rico: An Accurate Cosmological Recombination Code

W. A. Fendt, J. Chluba, J. A. Rubino-Martin, B. D. Wandelt

摘要:

我们提出了Rico,这是一个旨在计算氢和氦复合时期宇宙电离分数的代码,具有前所未有的速度和精度。这是通过训练机器学习代码Pico来完成的,该代码基于多级宇宙重组代码的计算,该代码自洽地包括先前被忽略的几个物理过程。在训练之后,Rico用于拟合作为宇宙学参数的函数的自由电子分数。然而,例如在低红移(z<~900)下,电离分数的大部分净变化可以通过将Recfast中的氢模糊因子降低约3%来捕获,Rico提供了一种在标准宇宙学参数估计框架中有效地使用完整重组代码的精确电离历史的手段,而不需要向简单的重组添加新的或精炼的fudge因子或函数模型在这里提出的新方法中,只要有更准确的完整重组代码可用,就可以轻松更新Rico。一旦训练好,Rico计算宇宙电离历史的拟合误差可以忽略不计,在~10毫秒内,速度至少比这里使用的完整重组代码快10^6。此外,Rico能够将完整代码的电离历史重现到远低于0.1%的水平,从而确保可以计算CMB波动的理论功率谱,以足够的精度和速度进行分析,如普朗克即将到来的CMB实验。此外,它将能够交叉检查宇宙学参数空间中的不同重组代码,这种比较对于确保准确解释未来的宇宙微波背景数据非常重要。

英文摘要:

We present Rico, a code designed to compute the ionization fraction of the Universe during the epoch of hydrogen and helium recombination with an unprecedented combination of speed and accuracy. This is accomplished by training the machine learning code Pico on the calculations of a multi-level cosmological recombination code which self-consistently includes several physical processes that were neglected previously. After training, Rico is used to fit the free electron fraction as a function of the cosmological parameters. While, for example at low redshifts (z<~900), much of the net change in the ionization fraction can be captured by lowering the hydrogen fudge factor in Recfast by about 3%, Rico provides a means of effectively using the accurate ionization history of the full recombination code in the standard cosmological parameter estimation framework without the need to add new or refined fudge factors or functions to a simple recombination model. Within the new approach presented here it is easy to update Rico whenever a more accurate full recombination code becomes available. Once trained, Rico computes the cosmological ionization history with negligible fitting error in ~10 milliseconds, a speed-up of at least 10^6 over the full recombination code that was used here. Also Rico is able to reproduce the ionization history of the full code to a level well below 0.1%, thereby ensuring that the theoretical power spectra of CMB fluctuations can be computed to sufficient accuracy and speed for analysis from upcoming CMB experiments like Planck. Furthermore it will enable cross-checking different recombination codes across cosmological parameter space, a comparison that will be very important in order to assure the accurate interpretation of future cosmic microwave background data.

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