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再电离模式的比较:辐射转移模拟和近似半数值模式

Comparison Of Reionization Models: Radiative Transfer Simulations And Approximate, Semi-Numeric Models

Oliver Zahn, Andrei Mesinger, Matthew McQuinn, Hy Trac, Renyue Cen, Lars E. Hernquist

摘要:

我们比较了四种不同的算法的预测电离气体的分布在时代的再电离。这些算法都是用来运行一个100 Mpc/h的再电离模拟相同的初始条件。其中两个算法是最先进的射线跟踪辐射转移代码,使用不同的方法来计算电离历史。其他两种算法是快速的,但更近似的计划的基础上迭代应用的平滑滤波器的基本源和密度场。我们比较这些算法的电离和21厘米领域使用几种不同的统计措施。这两种辐射转移方案彼此吻合得很好(当k < 10 h/Mpc时,电离场的互相关系数>0.8),与解析方案吻合得很好(当k < 1 h/Mpc时,互相关系数>0.6)。当用于预测再电离过程中不同时刻的21 cm功率谱时,所有电离算法在百分之十的水平上彼此一致。这一协议表明,不同的近似涉及的射线追踪算法是明智的,半数值计划提供了一个数字便宜,但相当准确,再电离过程的描述。

英文摘要:

We compare the predictions of four different algorithms for the distribution of ionized gas during the Epoch of Reionization. These algorithms are all used to run a 100 Mpc/h simulation of reionization with the same initial conditions. Two of the algorithms are state-of-the-art ray-tracing radiative transfer codes that use disparate methods to calculate the ionization history. The other two algorithms are fast but more approximate schemes based on iterative application of a smoothing filter to the underlying source and density fields. We compare these algorithms' resulting ionization and 21 cm fields using several different statistical measures. The two radiative transfer schemes are in excellent agreement with each other (with the cross-correlation coefficient of the ionization fields >0.8 for k < 10 h/Mpc and in good agreement with the analytic schemes (>0.6 for k < 1 h/Mpc). When used to predict the 21cm power spectrum at different times during reionization, all ionization algorithms agree with one another at the 10s of percent level. This agreement suggests that the different approximations involved in the ray tracing algorithms are sensible and that semi-numerical schemes provide a numerically-inexpensive, yet fairly accurate, description of the reionization process.

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