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再电离过程中的21厘米双谱:电离拓扑的示踪

The 21cm bispectrum during reionization: a tracer of the ionization topology

Anne Hutter, Catherine A. Watkinson, Jacob Seiler, Pratika Dayal, Manodeep Sinha, Darren J. Croton

摘要:

我们计算的21厘米信号的双谱在时代的再电离的三个不同的再电离的情况下,是基于一个暗物质N体模拟结合自洽的,半数值模型的星系演化和再电离。我们的再电离方案不同的电离逃逸分数($f_\mathrm{esc}$)的趋势与潜在的星系属性,并涵盖物理上合理的范围,即$f_\mathrm{esc}$有效地减少,是恒定的,或增加与晕质量。我们发现21厘米的双谱是敏感的电离拓扑结构,显着不同的电离和中性区域的大小分布在整个再电离。从挤压到拉伸三角形,21厘米双谱的特征是从负值到正值的符号变化,电离和中性区域分别代表低于平均值和高于平均值的浓度。符号的变化的位置提供了一个示踪剂的电离和中性区域的大小分布,并允许我们确定三个主要制度,21厘米的双谱在再电离过程中经历。特别是在再电离的早期阶段,其中的21厘米双谱跟踪电离区域的尺寸分布的峰值的制度,提供了令人兴奋的前景钉扎再电离与即将到来的平方公里阵列。

英文摘要:

We compute the bispectra of the 21cm signal during the Epoch of Reionization for three different reionization scenarios that are based on a dark matter N-body simulation combined with a self-consistent, semi-numerical model of galaxy evolution and reionization. Our reionization scenarios differ in their trends of ionizing escape fractions ($f_\mathrm{esc}$) with the underlying galaxy properties and cover the physically plausible range, i.e. $f_\mathrm{esc}$ effectively decreasing, being constant, or increasing with halo mass. We find the 21cm bispectrum to be sensitive to the resulting ionization topologies that significantly differ in their size distribution of ionized and neutral regions throughout reionization. From squeezed to stretched triangles, the 21cm bispectra features a change of sign from negative to positive values, with ionized and neutral regions representing below-average and above-average concentrations contributing negatively and positively, respectively. The position of the change of sign provides a tracer of the size distribution of the ionized and neutral regions, and allows us to identify three major regimes that the 21cm bispectrum undergoes during reionization. In particular the regime during the early stages of reionization, where the 21cm bispectrum tracks the peak of the size distribution of the ionized regions, provides exciting prospects for pinning down reionization with the forthcoming Square Kilometre Array.

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