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用FSRQ Gamma-ray光度函数进行宇宙学检验

Cosmological Tests with the FSRQ Gamma-ray Luminosity Function

Houdun Zeng, Fulvio Melia, Li Zhang

摘要:

\emph{Fermi}在四年的巡天中产生了大量的$γ$射线选择性平谱射电类星体(FSRQ),这引起了人们对确定它们的$γ$射线光度函数(GLF)及其随宇宙时间演化的极大兴趣。在本文中,我们介绍了新的想法,使用这个广泛的数据库来测试的微分体积膨胀率预测的两个特定的模型,一致性$Λ$ CDM和$R_{\rm h}=ct$宇宙学。为了这个目的,我们使用两个良好的研究配方的GLF,一个基于纯光度演化(PLE)和其他光度依赖的密度演化(LDDE)。使用Kolmogorov-Smirnov测试的单参数累积分布(在光度,红移,光子指数和源计数),我们证实了早期的工作表明,这些数据有点有利于LDDE PLE的结果,我们表明,这是$Λ$ CDM和$R_{\rm h}=ct$的情况。然而,无论选择哪种GLF,我们也表明模型选择工具非常强烈地支持$R_{\rm h}=ct$而不是$Λ$ CDM。我们认为,这样的人口研究,虽然具有很强的红移的演变,但可以作为一个有价值的独立检查其他模型的比较,仅基于几何考虑。

英文摘要:

The extensive catalog of $γ$-ray selected flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) produced by \emph{Fermi} during a four-year survey has generated considerable interest in determining their $γ$-ray luminosity function (GLF) and its evolution with cosmic time. In this paper, we introduce the novel idea of using this extensive database to test the differential volume expansion rate predicted by two specific models, the concordance $Λ$CDM and $R_{\rm h}=ct$ cosmologies. For this purpose, we use two well-studied formulations of the GLF, one based on pure luminosity evolution (PLE) and the other on a luminosity-dependent density evolution (LDDE). Using a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test on one-parameter cumulative distributions (in luminosity, redshift, photon index and source count), we confirm the results of earlier works showing that these data somewhat favour LDDE over PLE; we show that this is the case for both $Λ$CDM and $R_{\rm h}=ct$. Regardless of which GLF one chooses, however, we also show that model selection tools very strongly favour $R_{\rm h}=ct$ over $Λ$CDM. We suggest that such population studies, though featuring a strong evolution in redshift, may nonetheless be used as a valuable independent check of other model comparisons based solely on geometric considerations.

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