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微波天空的模拟

Simulations of the Microwave Sky

Neelima Sehgal, Paul Bode, Sudeep Das, Carlos Hernandez-Monteagudo, Kevin Huffenberger, Yen-Ting Lin, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Hy Trac

摘要:

我们创建现实的,全天空的,半弧分分辨率的模拟微波天空匹配最近的天体物理观测。这些模拟的主要目的是测试阿塔卡马宇宙学望远镜(ACT)实验的数据简化管道;然而,我们已经扩大了ACT频段以外的频率覆盖范围,使这些模拟适用于其他微波背景实验。这些模拟的一些新特点是:射电和红外星系群与星系团群相关,CMB通过光线追迹程序被模拟中的暗物质结构所透镜化,包括了来自星系团、星系群和IGM的热和动力学Sunyaev-Zel'dovich(SZ)信号的贡献,并且模拟SZ信号的气体处方与最近的X射线观测相匹配。关于集群SZ流量的射电星系的污染,我们发现148 GHz(90 GHz)的晕只有3%(4%)的SZ递减污染的水平为20%或更多。我们发现红外星系的污染程度更高。然而,在90 GHz下,小于20%的具有M_{200} > 2.5 x 10^{14} Msun且z<1.2的簇具有以20%或更多的水平填充的SZ递减。在148 GHz下,小于20%的具有M_{200} > 2.5 x 10^{14} Msun且z<0.8的簇的SZ递减以50%或更大的水平填充。我们的模型还表明,人口非常高的通量红外星系,这可能是透镜源,贡献最大的SZ污染的非常大规模的集群在90和148 GHz。这些模拟是公开的,应该作为一个有用的工具,微波调查交叉检查SZ集群检测,功率谱和互相关分析。

英文摘要:

We create realistic, full-sky, half-arcminute resolution simulations of the microwave sky matched to the most recent astrophysical observations. The primary purpose of these simulations is to test the data reduction pipeline for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) experiment; however, we have widened the frequency coverage beyond the ACT bands to make these simulations applicable to other microwave background experiments. Some of the novel features of these simulations are that the radio and infrared galaxy populations are correlated with the galaxy cluster populations, the CMB is lensed by the dark matter structure in the simulation via a ray-tracing code, the contribution to the thermal and kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) signals from galaxy clusters, groups, and the IGM has been included, and the gas prescription to model the SZ signals matches the most recent X-ray observations. Regarding the contamination of cluster SZ flux by radio galaxies, we find for 148 GHz (90 GHz) only 3% (4%) of halos have their SZ decrements contaminated at a level of 20% or more. We find the contamination levels higher for infrared galaxies. However, at 90 GHz, less than 20% of clusters with M_{200} > 2.5 x 10^{14} Msun and z<1.2 have their SZ decrements filled in at a level of 20% or more. At 148 GHz, less than 20% of clusters with M_{200} > 2.5 x 10^{14} Msun and z<0.8 have their SZ decrements filled in at a level of 50% or larger. Our models also suggest that a population of very high flux infrared galaxies, which are likely lensed sources, contribute most to the SZ contamination of very massive clusters at 90 and 148 GHz. These simulations are publicly available and should serve as a useful tool for microwave surveys to cross-check SZ cluster detection, power spectrum, and cross-correlation analyses.

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