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arXiv 2009.09119astro-ph.CO
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不同初始条件对Lyman- $α$森林模拟的影响

Effect of Separate Initial Conditions on the Lyman-$α$ Forest in Simulations

M. A. Fernandez, Simeon Bird, Phoebe Upton Sanderbeck

摘要:

使用一组高分辨率的模拟,我们通过莱曼- $α$森林的IGM的探针上的物种特异性的初始传递函数的效果进行量化。我们主要研究H~{ \sc i}再电离后的红移$2-6$。我们探讨这些初始条件的影响措施的热状态的低密度IGM:曲率,多普勒宽度截止,多普勒宽度分布。我们还研究了物质和通量的功率谱,以及对暖暗物质模型的约束的潜在后果。我们发现,曲率统计是在$\approx2\%$水平在$z=6$的影响最大。多普勒宽度截止参数受$\approx5\%$(截距)和$\approx8\%$(拟合斜率)的影响,尽管这对样本变异次显性。多普勒宽度分布在$z=3$处显示出$\approx30\%$效应,然而,该分布并不完全收敛于模拟盒大小和分辨率。在高红移和小尺度下,通量功率谱受$\approx5\%$的影响最大。我们讨论了数值模拟参数的收敛性。

英文摘要:

Using a set of high resolution simulations, we quantify the effect of species specific initial transfer functions on probes of the IGM via the Lyman-$α$ forest. We focus on redshifts $2-6$, after H~{\sc i} reionization. We explore the effect of these initial conditions on measures of the thermal state of the low density IGM: the curvature, Doppler width cutoff, and Doppler width distribution. We also examine the matter and flux power spectrum, and potential consequences for constraints on warm dark matter models. We find that the curvature statistic is at most affected at the $\approx2\%$ level at $z=6$. The Doppler width cutoff parameters are affected by $\approx5\%$ for the intercept, and $\approx8\%$ for the fit slope, though this is subdominant to sample variation. The Doppler width distribution shows a $\approx30\%$ effect at $z=3$, however the distribution is not fully converged with simulation box size and resolution. The flux power spectrum is at most affected by $\approx5\%$ at high redshift and small scales. We discuss numerical convergence with simulation parameters.

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