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射电喷流和星系束作为宇宙弦探测器

Radio Jets and Galaxies as Cosmic String Probes

Fa-bo Feng

摘要:

研究了宇宙弦的透镜效应,提出了一些新的探测宇宙弦的方法。利用喷流作为扩展的引力透镜探针的技术首先是由Kronberg探索的。我们使用“引力破坏参数”$ η_G $作为一个敏感的指标,由一个摆动的宇宙弦的引力扭曲。然后,我们将非定常偏转角应用于射流,发现特定射流的$ η_G $与射流的投影斜率有关。如果无限宇宙弦存在,SKA样品中至少有三个喷流会有明显的信号($ η_G >10^\circ $)。本文还研究了椭圆形物体的畸变,并利用它对星系的轴向和椭圆度进行了统计研究。在弦的方向上,我们发现星系对观测者来说更椭圆,视椭圆率的分布也相应地发生变化。目前SDSS螺旋样品的椭圆度分布具有高达8.48的信噪比,足以用于天文观测。未来的观测,如大型综合巡天望远镜(LSST)和暗能量巡天(DES)等,对观测数据处理的特殊几何条件的要求将会减弱。因此,在不久的将来,包括椭圆度轴分布在内的各种分布都将成为探测波动弦的探针。简而言之,如果存在一个摆动的宇宙弦,这些信号将便于在未来的弱透镜巡天或其他深空巡天中观测到。如果在这些分布中没有透镜信号,它将给出无限弦丰度的上限。

英文摘要:

The lensing effect of a cosmic string is studied, and some new methods are proposed to detect the cosmic string. The technique for using jets as extended gravitational lensing probes was firstly explored by Kronberg. We use the "alignment-breaking parameter" $ η_G $ as a sensitive indicator of gravitational distortion by a wiggly cosmic string. Then, we applied the non-constant deflection angle to jets, and $ η_G $ of a specific jet is just related to the projected slope of the jet. At least three jets in the sample of Square Kilometer Array (SKA) would have significant signals ($ η_G >10^\circ $) if the wiggly infinite cosmic string existed. The distortion of elliptical object is also studied and used to do a statistical research on directions of axes and ellipticities of galaxies. In the direction of the string, we find that galaxies appear to be more elliptical for an observer and the distribution of apparent ellipticity changes correspondingly. Ellipticity distribution of current SDSS spiral sample has the signal-to-noise ratio up to 8.48 which is large enough for astronomical observations. The future survey, such as Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) and Dark Energy Survey (DES), would weaken the requirement of special geometry in the data processing. As a result, all kinds of distributions, including ellipticity axis distribution, would serve as probes to detect wiggly strings in the near future. In brief, if a wiggly cosmic string existed, these signals would be convenient to be observed with the future weak lensing survey or other surveys in deep space. If there was no lensing signal in these distributions, it would give the upper limit of the abundance of infinite strings.

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