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arXiv 2005.14206astro-ph.CO
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根据EDGES 21厘米信号观测宇宙黎明期间的原始磁场

Primordial magnetic fields during the cosmic dawn in light of EDGES 21-cm signal

Ankita Bera, Kanan K. Datta, Saumyadip Samui

摘要:

利用EDGES 21-cm信号研究了暗时代和宇宙黎明期原始磁场及其演化的制约前景。我们的分析已经进行了一个'冷IGM'的背景下,这是一个有前途的途径来解释的EDGES信号。我们考虑了暗物质-重子相互作用对过冷的影响。我们发现,较冷的IGM抑制残留的自由电子分数和电离和中性成分之间的耦合系数。康普顿加热在较冷的IGM背景下也会受到影响。因此,IGM加热率由于PMF增强相比,标准方案。因此,对于$B_0 \lesssim 0.5 \, {\rm nG}$来说,相当一部分磁能被转移到IGM,并且在黑暗时代和宇宙黎明期间,与简单的$(1+z)^2$缩放相比,磁场以快得多的速率衰减。这种低PMF是一个不太可能的候选人来解释在较低的红移的边缘吸收信号的上升。我们还看到PMF和DM-重子相互作用一起在IGM温度的红移演化中引入了类似平台的特征。我们发现,PMF的上限依赖于潜在的DM重子相互作用。当相互作用横截面较高和/或DM颗粒质量较低时,可以允许较高的PMF。我们的研究表明,如果考虑适当的DM-重子相互作用截面和DM质量,则可以允许在标准模型中排除的$B_0$到$\sim 0.4 \, {\rm nG}$的PMF。

英文摘要:

We study prospects of constraining the primordial magnetic field (PMF) and its evolution during the dark ages and cosmic dawn in light of EDGES 21-cm signal. Our analysis has been carried out on a `colder IGM' background which is one of the promising avenues to interpret the EDGES signal. We consider the dark matter-baryon interactions for the excess cooling. We find that the colder IGM suppresses both the residual free electron fraction and the coupling coefficient between the ionised and neutral components. The Compton heating also gets affected in colder IGM background. Consequently, the IGM heating rate due to the PMF enhances compared to the standard scenario. Thus, a significant fraction of the magnetic energy, for $B_0 \lesssim 0.5 \, {\rm nG}$, gets transferred to the IGM and the magnetic field decays at a much faster rate compared to the simple $(1+z)^2$ scaling during the dark ages and cosmic dawn. This low PMF is an unlikely candidate for explaining the rise of the EDGES absorption signal at lower redshift. We also see that the PMF and DM-baryon interaction together introduces a plateau-like feature in the redshift evolution of the IGM temperature. We find that the upper limit on the PMF depends on the underlying DM-baryon interaction. Higher PMF can be allowed when the interaction cross-section is higher and/or the DM particle mass is lower. Our study shows that the PMF with $B_0$ up to $\sim 0.4 \, {\rm nG}$, which is ruled out in the standard model, can be allowed if DM-baryon interaction with suitable cross-section and DM mass is considered.

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