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从Wmap和ROSAT Rass数据的互相关寻找X射线再电离特征

A Search for X-Ray Reionization Signatures from Cross-Correlation of Wmap and ROSAT Rass Data

Quan Guo, Xiang-Ping Wu, HaiGuang Xu, JunHua Gu

摘要:

基于ROSAT全天巡天(RASS)和WMAP五年观测资料,对宇宙微波背景(CMB)偏振图和软X射线背景(SXRB)之间可能存在的相关性进行了观测研究。这是由以下事实激发的,即一些CMB偏振可能是由于在再电离时期由X射线加热源产生的自由电子引起的CMB光子的散射而产生的。探测到这种相关性,就可以研究X射线加热在再电离过程中的作用。然而,由ROSAT RASS和WMAP五年图构建的CMB偏振图和SXRB图的交叉角功率谱是一致的,没有相关性。我们将这种负检测归因于极弱的信号和大的仪器噪声。虽然未来的搜索是需要与高灵敏度的仪器为CMB偏振和软X射线光子,我们目前的研究结果仍然可以作为一个有用的约束X射线加热的影响,在再电离的时代。

英文摘要:

We present an observational search for the possible correlation between cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization map and soft X-ray background (SXRB) based on the ROSAT All-sky Survey (RASS) archive and WMAP five-year observations. This is motivated by the fact that some of the CMB polarization may arise from the scattering of CMB photons due to the free electrons generated by X-ray heating sources in the epoch of reionization. Detection of such a correlation allows one to study the role of X-ray heating in the process of reionization. However, the cross angular power spectrum of the CMB polarization and SXRB maps constructed from ROSAT RASS and WMAP five-year maps is consistent with no correlation. We attribute this negative detection to both the extremely weak signals and large instrumental noises. While a future search is needed with high sensitivity instruments for both CMB polarization and soft X-ray photons, our current results can still be used as a useful constraint on the effect of X-ray heating in the epoch of reionization.

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