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通过弧分尺度CMB测量约束扩展再电离模型

Constraining Extended Reionization Models Through Arcminute-Scale CMB Measurements

Khee-Gan Lee

摘要:

在宇宙微波背景(CMB)中测量自由电子的光学厚度τ_r对再电离提供了重要的约束,但它退化为更复杂的再电离模型。小角度尺度CMB测量的动力学Sunyaev-Zeldovich(kSZ)和Ostriker-Vishniac(OV)的影响有可能打破这种简并。我们计算了OV信号的各种扩展再电离的历史所描述的一个简单的解析形式。这些模型的参数化dz,再电离事件的持续时间。对于tau_r值相同的再电离历史,在l = 3000(C_3000)处,dz = 0.1和dz = 3.0的模型之间的OV幅度相差约20%。我们证明,OV信号的z < 6分量的去除将显着增强区分再电离历史的能力,C_3000在dz = 0.1和dz = 3.0的模型之间变化约2倍。如果低红移的OV和相关的kSZ信号可以被适当地减去,这将提供一个重要的观测约束扩展再电离模型。

英文摘要:

The measurement of the optical depth to free electrons, tau_r, in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) provides an important constraint on reionization, but is degenerate to more complex reionization models. Small angular-scale CMB measurements of the kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich (kSZ) and Ostriker-Vishniac (OV) effects have the potential to break this degeneracy. We calculate the OV signal for various extended reionization histories described by a simple analytic form. These models are parametrized by dz, the duration of the reionization event. For reionization histories with identical values of tau_r, the OV amplitude at l = 3000 (C_3000) differs by ~20 % between the models with dz = 0.1 and dz = 3.0. We demonstrate that the removal of the z < 6 component of the OV signal will significantly enhance the ability to differentiate between reionization histories, with C_3000 varying by a factor of ~2 between the models with dz = 0.1 and dz = 3.0. If the low-redshift OV and related kSZ signal can be adequately subtracted, this would provide an important observational constraint on extended reionization models.

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