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用未来的红移巡天探测暗能量:近红外发射谱线和宽谱带选择的比较

Probing dark energy with future redshift surveys: A comparison of emission line and broad band selection in the near infrared

Alvaro Orsi, C. M. Baugh, C. G. Lacey, A. Cimatti, Y. Wang, G. Zamorani

摘要:

未来的星系巡天将使用近红外照相机和摄谱仪绘制红移区间$0.5<z<2$的星系分布图。这种调查的主要科学目标是通过测量宇宙的大尺度结构来限制暗能量的性质。这就需要一个底层暗物质的示踪剂,以最大限度地提高调查的有用体积。我们调查两个潜在的调查选择方法:发射线的样本的基础上的\ha线和H波段选择的样本。我们提出的预测,这样的星系的丰度和集群,使用两个已出版的版本的\galform星系形成模型。我们的模型预测,\ha选定的星系往往会避免大量的暗物质晕,而是跟踪周围的附属结构,H-波段选定的星系,另一方面,被发现在最高质量的晕。这对测量由于引力不稳定性而引起的波动增长率有影响。我们使用模拟目录来比较一系列调查配置采样的有效卷。这里仅举两个例子:下至$H_{\rm AB}=22$的红移测量采样的有效体积是由具有$\logfha > -15.4$的\ha测量所探测的有效体积的$\sim 5-10$倍;对于\ha样品来说,需要至少$\logfha = -16$的通量极限以在有效体积上变得有竞争力。

英文摘要:

Future galaxy surveys will map the galaxy distribution in the redshift interval $0.5<z<2$ using near-infrared cameras and spectrographs. The primary science goal of such surveys is to constrain the nature of the dark energy by measuring the large-scale structure of the Universe. This requires a tracer of the underlying dark matter which maximizes the useful volume of the survey. We investigate two potential survey selection methods: an emission line sample based on the \ha line and a sample selected in the H-band. We present predictions for the abundance and clustering of such galaxies, using two published versions of the \galform galaxy formation model. Our models predict that \ha selected galaxies tend to avoid massive dark matter haloes and instead trace the surrounding filamentary structure; H-band selected galaxies, on the other hand, are found in the highest mass haloes. This has implications for the measurement of the rate at which fluctuations grow due to gravitational instability. We use mock catalogues to compare the effective volumes sampled by a range of survey configurations. To give just two examples: a redshift survey down to $H_{\rm AB}=22$ samples an effective volume that is $\sim 5-10$ times larger than that probed by an \ha survey with $\logfha > -15.4$; a flux limit of at least $\logfha = -16$ is required for an \ha sample to become competitive in effective volume.

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