Mapping the Cosmic Web with the largest all-sky surveys
Maciej Bilicki, John A. Peacock, Thomas H. Jarrett, Michelle E. Cluver, Louise Steward
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Proceedings of IAU Symposium 308 "The Zeldovich Universe: Genesis and Growth of the Cosmic Web", 23-28 June 2014, Tallinn, Estonia
发表信息:
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Volume 11, Issue S308 (The Zeldovich Universe: Genesis and Growth of the Cosmic Web), June 2014, pp. 143-148
我们对低红移宇宙网的看法已经被星系红移调查如6dFGS,SDSS和2 MRS彻底改变。然而,深度和角度覆盖范围之间的权衡限制了对局部体积(z<0.05)之外的整个天空的系统三维账户。为了在整个天球上可靠地将宇宙映射到宇宙学意义上的深度,人们必须利用多波长数据集和最先进的光度红移技术。我们已经开展了一项专门的计划,交叉匹配最大的测光全天巡天-2 MASS,WISE和SuperCOSMOS -以获得数百万星系的准确红移估计。这些努力的第一个成果-2 MASS测光红移目录(2 MPZ,Bilicki et al. 2014 a)-已经公开发布,包括近100万个平均红移z=0.08的星系。在这里,我们总结了这个目录是如何构建的,以及如何使用WISE中红外样品与SuperCOSMOS光学数据一起使我们能够在前所未有的角尺度上推进z~0.2--0.3的红移壳层。我们的目录,总共有2000万个源,提供了对局部星系流(聚集偶极子,整体流)和与宇宙微波背景的交叉相关性研究至关重要的宇宙学卷的访问,如集成的萨克斯-沃尔夫效应或透镜研究。
英文摘要:
Our view of the low-redshift Cosmic Web has been revolutionized by galaxy redshift surveys such as 6dFGS, SDSS and 2MRS. However, the trade-off between depth and angular coverage limits a systematic three-dimensional account of the entire sky beyond the Local Volume (z<0.05). In order to reliably map the Universe to cosmologically significant depths over the full celestial sphere, one must draw on multiwavelength datasets and state-of-the-art photometric redshift techniques. We have undertaken a dedicated program of cross-matching the largest photometric all-sky surveys -- 2MASS, WISE and SuperCOSMOS -- to obtain accurate redshift estimates of millions of galaxies. The first outcome of these efforts -- the 2MASS Photometric Redshift catalog (2MPZ, Bilicki et al. 2014a) -- has been publicly released and includes almost 1 million galaxies with a mean redshift of z=0.08. Here we summarize how this catalog was constructed and how using the WISE mid-infrared sample together with SuperCOSMOS optical data allows us to push to redshift shells of z~0.2--0.3 on unprecedented angular scales. Our catalogs, with ~20 million sources in total, provide access to cosmological volumes crucial for studies of local galaxy flows (clustering dipole, bulk flow) and cross-correlations with the cosmic microwave background such as the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect or lensing studies.
Measuring the Largest Angular Scale CMB B-mode Polarization with Galactic Foregrounds on a Cut Sky
我们考虑了在$0<r<0.1$范围内张量标量比的引力波源宇宙微波背景(CMB)极化的恢复前景清洗的有效性。使用计划的调查区域,频带,和宇宙学大角尺度探测器(类)的灵敏度,我们模拟地图的斯托克斯$Q$和$U$参数在40,90,150和220 GHz,包括现实的CMB模型,弥漫的银河热尘埃和同步辐射前景,高斯白噪声。我们使用模拟的多频数据的线性组合(LC),以获得最大似然估计的$r$,相对标量幅度$s$,和LC系数。我们发现,对于仅使用再电离峰($\ell\leq23$)测量的类实验的10,000次模拟,存在95%的C. L.在没有原初引力波的情况下,给出了$r<0.017$的上限。对于使用$r=0.01$的模拟,我们在68% C. L.处回收。$r=0.012^{+0.011}_{-0.006}$。再电离峰对应于CLASS探测的多极矩的一小部分,并且包括$30\leq\ell\leq100$的模拟进一步将我们的上限提高到95% C. L处的$r<0.008$。($r=0.01^{+0.004}_{-0.004}$用于含$r=0.01$的原始引力波)。除了将$r$上的电流上限降低一个数量级之外,这些前景清洁的低多极数据将实现对E模式极化的再电离峰的宇宙方差限制测量。
An observational signal of the void shape correlation and its link to the cosmic web
宇宙空洞的形状很容易被外部潮汐力扭曲,因为它们的低密度意味着较低的内部阻力。这种敏感性的空隙形状的潮汐扭曲,使他们作为一个指标的大规模的潮汐和密度场,尽管在实际中很难定义它们。使用Pan等人(2012)从斯隆数字巡天第七次数据发布(SDSS DR 7)中构建的空洞目录,我们检测到20 Mpc/h尺度上空洞形状空间相关性的清晰4 sigma信号,并表明该信号对空洞形状在天空平面上的投影具有鲁棒性。通过构造一个简单的空泡形状相关性分析模型,在潮汐力矩理论框架内,我们证明了空泡形状关联函数与线性密度场的两点关联函数成线性比例关系。我们还发现了空洞形状与大尺度速度剪切场的互相关的直接观测证据,Lee等人(2014)从SDSS DR 7线性重建。我们讨论了利用空泡形状关联函数来打破密度参数和功率谱振幅之间的简并性以及独立约束中微子质量的可能性。