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用类星体Lyman-alpha巡天重建BAO的模拟

Simulations of BAO reconstruction with a quasar Lyman-alpha survey

J. -M. Le Goff, C. Magneville, E. Rollinde, S. Peirani, P. Petitjean, C. Pichon, J. Rich, C. Yeche, E. Aubourg, N. Busca, R. Charlassier, T. Delubac, J. C. Hami… 展开作者

J. -M. Le Goff, C. Magneville, E. Rollinde, S. Peirani, P. Petitjean, C. Pichon, J. Rich, C. Yeche, E. Aubourg, N. Busca, R. Charlassier, T. Delubac, J. C. Hamilton, N. Palanque Delabrouille, I. Paris, M. Vargas

摘要:

用星系际介质中的中性氢密度作为物质密度的示踪物,可以抑制重子声振荡(BAO)对物质功率谱的影响。斯隆数字巡天(SDSS-III)的重子振荡光谱巡天(BOSS)的目标之一是从IGM中的BAO信号导出哈勃膨胀率和角标度。为此,我们将在红移范围2.2<z<3.5和10,000 deg^2以上观测到10^5个类星体的莱曼α森林。我们模拟了BOSS类星体巡天,以估计这样一个大规模的巡天所提供的BAO尺度测定的统计精度。特别是,我们讨论的效果不好的约束估计的未吸收的本征类星体光谱。目前N体模拟的体积太小,这样的研究,我们诉诸高斯随机场(GRF)模拟。我们通过比较GRF模拟的输出与具有相同初始条件的Horizon N体模拟的输出来验证GRF的使用。生成类星体Lyman-α森林的真实模拟样本,计算其功率谱并拟合得到BAO尺度。100个不同模拟结果的均方根提供了BOSS调查预期统计误差的估计。我们证实了Fisher矩阵估计的结果。在没有未吸收类星体光谱误差的情况下,BOSS类星体巡天应该测量BAO尺度,误差约为2.3%,或者分别测量横向和径向BAO尺度,误差分别约为6.8%和3.9%。BAO检测的显著性通过平均值Δ x^2 =17来评估,但对于个体实现,Δ x^2的范围为2至35。未被吸收的类星体光谱上的误差使BAO尺度上的误差增加了10%到20%,并导致了低于百分之一的偏差。

英文摘要:

The imprint of Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) on the matter power spectrum can be constrained using the neutral hydrogen density in the intergalactic medium as a tracer of the matter density. One of the goals of the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) is to derive the Hubble expansion rate and the angular scale from the BAO signal in the IGM. To this aim, the Lyman-alpha forest of 10^5 quasars will be observed in the redshift range 2.2<z<3.5 and over 10,000 deg^2. We simulated the BOSS QSO survey to estimate the statistical accuracy on the BAO scale determination provided by such a large scale survey. In particular, we discuss the effect of the poorly constrained estimate of the unabsorbed intrinsic quasar spectrum. The volume of current N-body simulations being too small for such studies, we resorted to Gaussian random field (GRF) simulations. We validated the use of GRFs by comparing the output of GRF simulations with that of the Horizon N-body simulation with the same initial conditions. Realistic mock samples of QSO Lyman-αforest were generated; their power spectrum was computed and fitted to obtain the BAO scale. The rms of the results for 100 different simulations provides an estimate of the statistical error expected from the BOSS survey. We confirm the results from Fisher matrix estimate. In the absence of error on the unabsorbed quasar spectrum, the BOSS quasar survey should measure the BAO scale with an error of the order of 2.3%, or the transverse and radial BAO scales separately with errors of the order of 6.8% and 3.9%, respectively. The significance of the BAO detection is assessed by an average Δχ^2=17 but for individual realizations Δχ^2 ranges from 2 t o 35. The error on the unabsorbed quasar spectrum increases the error on the BAO scale by 10 to 20% and results in a sub percent bias.

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