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HI强度功率谱的理论和观测约束

Theoretical and observational constraints on the HI intensity power spectrum

Hamsa Padmanabhan, T. Roy Choudhury, Alexandre Refregier

摘要:

中性氢(HI)21厘米强度起伏的红移映射承诺一个新的和强大的宇宙学探测。中性氢气的质量密度,$Ω_{\rm HI}$和偏置参数,$b_{\rm HI}$的HI强度波动功率谱的关键天体物理输入。我们汇编了最新的理论和观测约束$Ω_{\rm HI}$和$b_{\rm HI}$在不同的红移后再电离宇宙。约束纳入星系调查,HI强度映射实验,阻尼莱曼- $α$系统的观测,分配HI到暗物质晕的理论处方,和数值模拟的结果。利用最小方差插值方法,我们得到了三种不同置信度情况下红移0-3.5范围内HI强度起伏功率谱的预测不确定度。给出了$Ω_{\rm HI}$、$b_{\rm HI}$和HI功率谱幅值的内插值及其不确定度的方便表格。我们讨论了目前和未来的强度映射实验的功率谱测量的后果。

英文摘要:

Mapping of the neutral hydrogen (HI) 21-cm intensity fluctuations across redshifts promises a novel and powerful probe of cosmology. The neutral hydrogen gas mass density, $Ω_{\rm HI}$ and bias parameter, $b_{\rm HI}$ are key astrophysical inputs to the HI intensity fluctuation power spectrum. We compile the latest theoretical and observational constraints on $Ω_{\rm HI}$ and $b_{\rm HI}$ at various redshifts in the post-reionization universe. Constraints are incorporated from galaxy surveys, HI intensity mapping experiments, damped Lyman-$α$ system observations, theoretical prescriptions for assigning HI to dark matter halos, and the results of numerical simulations. Using a minimum variance interpolation scheme, we obtain the predicted uncertainties on the HI intensity fluctuation power spectrum across redshifts 0-3.5 for three different confidence scenarios. We provide a convenient tabular form for the interpolated values of $Ω_{\rm HI}$, $b_{\rm HI}$ and the HI power spectrum amplitude and their uncertainties. We discuss the consequences for the measurement of the power spectrum by current and future intensity mapping experiments.

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