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ASKAP中性氢测量的预测

Predictions for ASKAP Neutral Hydrogen Surveys

Alan R. Duffy, Martin J. Meyer, Lister Staveley-Smith, Maksym Bernyk, Darren J. Croton, Barbel S. Koribalski, Derek Gerstmann, Stefan Westerlund

摘要:

澳大利亚平方公里阵列探路者(ASKAP)将彻底改变我们对宇宙中富含气体星系的认识。在这里,我们提出了两个建议的河外ASKAP中性氢(HI)发射线调查的预测,应用于宇宙学N体模拟的半解析模型的基础上。ASKAP HI全天巡天,被称为WALLABY,是一个浅层3 Pi巡天(z = 0 - 0.26),将探测超过60万个星系的质量和动力学。一个更深层次的小区域HI巡天,称为DINGO,旨在追踪HI在z = 0 - 0. 43(宇宙学体积为4000万Mpc ^3)范围内的演化,可能探测到10万个星系。高灵敏度的30天线ASKAP核心(直径约2公里)将提供30角秒(z=0时)的角分辨率。我们的模拟表明,在WALLABY中检测到的大多数星系(87.5%)将得到解决。大约5000个星系将得到很好的解决,即超过五个光束(2.5弧分)的主轴,使其气体盘的运动学研究。如果所有36个ASKAP天线都能使用,这个数字将增加到160,000个星系;另外6个天线提供的基线可达6公里,从而使角分辨率达到10角秒。对于DINGO来说,这种增加的分辨率是非常可取的,以最大限度地减少源混淆;将调查边缘的最大10%的源混淆率降低到3%。我们估计,WALLABY和DINGO探测到的源将跨越总晕质量的四个数量级(从10^{11}到10^{15} Msol)和恒星质量的近七个数量级(从10^{5}到10^{12} Msol),使我们能够研究过去40亿年的星系形成过程。

英文摘要:

The Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) will revolutionise our knowledge of gas-rich galaxies in the Universe. Here we present predictions for two proposed extragalactic ASKAP neutral hydrogen (HI) emission-line surveys, based on semi-analytic models applied to cosmological N-body simulations. The ASKAP HI All-Sky Survey, known as WALLABY, is a shallow 3 Pi survey (z = 0 - 0.26) which will probe the mass and dynamics of over 600,000 galaxies. A much deeper small-area HI survey, called DINGO, aims to trace the evolution of HI from z = 0 - 0.43, a cosmological volume of 40 million Mpc^3, detecting potentially 100,000 galaxies. The high-sensitivity 30 antenna ASKAP core (diameter ~2 km) will provide an angular resolution of 30 arcsec (at z=0). Our simulations show that the majority of galaxies detected in WALLABY (87.5%) will be resolved. About 5000 galaxies will be well resolved, i.e. more than five beams (2.5 arcmin) across the major axis, enabling kinematic studies of their gaseous disks. This number would rise to 160,000 galaxies if all 36 ASKAP antennas could be used; the additional six antennas provide baselines up to 6 km, resulting in an angular resolution of 10 arcsec. For DINGO this increased resolution is highly desirable to minimise source confusion; reducing confusion rates from a maximum of 10% of sources at the survey edge to 3%. We estimate that the sources detected by WALLABY and DINGO will span four orders of magnitude in total halo mass (from 10^{11} to 10^{15} Msol) and nearly seven orders of magnitude in stellar mass (from 10^{5} to 10^{12} Msol), allowing us to investigate the process of galaxy formation across the last four billion years.

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