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红移21cm谱线涨落方差和偏度对再电离期模型的期望约束

Expected constraints on models of the epoch of reionization with the variance and skewness in redshifted 21cm-line fluctuations

Kenji Kubota, Shintaro Yoshiura, Hayato Shimabukuro, Keitaro Takahashi

摘要:

星系际介质中性氢的红移21厘米线信号是再电离期的直接探测。在本文中,我们调查的潜在的方差和偏度的概率分布函数的21厘米亮度温度的约束EoR模型。这些统计量很简单,很容易从观测到的可见度计算,因此适合于正在进行的望远镜如默奇森宽场阵列(MWA)和低频阵列(LOFAR)对EoR的早期探索。我们表明,通过执行Fisher分析,在$z=7-9$的方差和偏度是互补的,彼此约束的EoR模型参数,如最低维里温度的光晕主机发光物体,电离效率和平均自由程的电离光子在IGM。在量化上,约束能力高度依赖于前景减法和校准的质量。我们给出了一个最佳情况下的参数的约束估计,忽略系统的热噪声以外。

英文摘要:

Redshifted 21cm-line signal from neutral hydrogens in the intergalactic medium (IGM) gives a direct probe of the epoch of reionization (EoR). In this paper, we investigate the potential of the variance and skewness of the probability distribution function of the 21cm brightness temperature for constraining EoR models. These statistical quantities are simple, easy to calculate from the observed visibility and thus suitable for the early exploration of the EoR with ongoing telescopes such as the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) and LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR). We show, by performing Fisher analysis, that the variance and skewness at $z=7-9$ are complementary to each other to constrain the EoR model parameters such as the minimum virial temperature of halos which host luminous objects, ionizing efficiency and mean free path of ionizing photons in the IGM. Quantitatively, the constraining power highly depends on the quality of the foreground subtraction and calibration. We give a best case estimate of the constraints on the parameters, neglecting the systematics other than the thermal noise.

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