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用全球21厘米信号观测研究宇宙再电离

Studying cosmic reionization with observations of the global 21-cm signal

Andrea Morandi, Rennan Barkana

摘要:

我们探讨了21厘米信号的全球亮度温度的观测约束再电离历史和电离源的属性的能力。为了描述再电离信号,我们采用一个常用的玩具模型或结构形成模型,参数化的电离源的属性。如果结构形成模型捕获了再电离信号的实际演变,那么检测信号比玩具模型更容易;在这种情况下使用玩具模型也会导致重建再电离历史的系统误差,尽管足够灵敏的实验应该能够区分这两种模型。我们表明,在关于系统噪声和前景去除的乐观假设下,全球21厘米光谱的一年观测应该能够检测到广泛的现实模型,并测量再电离历史的主要特征,同时限制电离源的关键属性。

英文摘要:

We explore the ability of observations of the global brightness temperature of the 21-cm signal to constrain the reionization history and the properties of the ionizing sources. In order to describe the reionization signal, we employ either a commonly-used toy model or a structure formation model that parameterizes the properties of the ionizing sources. If the structure formation model captures the actual evolution of the reionization signal, then detecting the signal is somewhat easier than it would be for the toy model; using the toy model in this case also leads to systematic errors in reconstructing the reionization history, though a sufficiently sensitive experiment should be able to distinguish between the two models. We show that under optimistic assumptions regarding systematic noise and foreground removal, one-year observations of the global 21-cm spectrum should be able to detect a wide range of realistic models and measure the main features of the reionization history while constraining the key properties of the ionizing sources.

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