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中微子对星系际介质物质分布的影响

The effect of neutrinos on the matter distribution as probed by the Intergalactic Medium

Matteo Viel, Martin G. Haehnelt, Volker Springel

摘要:

我们提出了一套完整的流体动力学宇宙学模拟,定量地解决中微子的影响(轻度非线性)的空间分布的物质,特别是中性氢分布在星系际介质(IGM),这是负责干预莱曼α吸收类星体光谱。中微子的自由流导致总物质分布的功率谱在Lyman-alpha森林数据探测的尺度上的(非线性)尺度依赖性抑制,比线性理论预测的大约25%,并且强烈依赖于红移。通过提取一组真实的模拟类星体谱,我们量化了中微子对通量概率分布函数和通量功率谱的影响。物质功率谱的差异转化为中微子质量为Sigma m_v = 0.3 eV(0.6 eV)时通量功率谱的约2.5%(5%)差异。这个相当小的影响是很难检测到从目前的莱曼α森林数据和几乎完全退化的整体幅度的物质功率谱的特点是sigma_8。如果将数值模拟的结果归一化为在初始条件下具有相同的σ_8,则中微子对σ m_v = 0.6 $ eV (1.2 eV) when compared to a simulation without neutrinos. We present constraints on neutrino masses using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey flux power spectrum alone and find an upper limit of Sigma m_ν < 0.9$ eV(2 σ C.L.)的通量功率产生约3%(5%)的较小抑制,与从宇宙微波背景数据或其它大尺度结构探测器获得的约束相当。

英文摘要:

We present a suite of full hydrodynamical cosmological simulations that quantitatively address the impact of neutrinos on the (mildly non-linear) spatial distribution of matter and in particular on the neutral hydrogen distribution in the Intergalactic Medium (IGM), which is responsible for the intervening Lyman-alpha absorption in quasar spectra. The free-streaming of neutrinos results in a (non-linear) scale-dependent suppression of power spectrum of the total matter distribution at scales probed by Lyman-alpha forest data which is larger than the linear theory prediction by about 25% and strongly redshift dependent. By extracting a set of realistic mock quasar spectra, we quantify the effect of neutrinos on the flux probability distribution function and flux power spectrum. The differences in the matter power spectra translate into a ~2.5% (5%) difference in the flux power spectrum for neutrino masses with Sigma m_ν = 0.3 eV (0.6 eV). This rather small effect is difficult to detect from present Lyman-alpha forest data and nearly perfectly degenerate with the overall amplitude of the matter power spectrum as characterised by sigma_8. If the results of the numerical simulations are normalized to have the same sigma_8 in the initial conditions, then neutrinos produce a smaller suppression in the flux power of about 3% (5%) for Sigma m_ν = 0.6$ eV (1.2 eV) when compared to a simulation without neutrinos. We present constraints on neutrino masses using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey flux power spectrum alone and find an upper limit of Sigma m_ν < 0.9$ eV (2 sigma C.L.), comparable to constraints obtained from the cosmic microwave background data or other large scale structure probes.

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