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利用21厘米图的样本方差作为电离拓扑的示踪剂

Using the sample variance of 21cm maps as a tracer of the ionisation topology

Adélie Gorce, Anne Hutter, Jonathan R. Pritchard

摘要:

中性氢21厘米信号的强度映射将产生令人兴奋的见解,再电离时代和第一个星系的性质。然而,下一代射电望远镜(如平方公里阵列(SKA))将产生大量数据,以及要克服的众多观测障碍,需要调整分析技术以提取再电离历史和形态。在这种情况下,我们引入一个单点统计,我们称之为本地的方差,$σ_\mathrm{loc}$,它描述了分布的平均差分21厘米亮度温度测量的二维地图沿频率方向的光锥。局部方差利用了通常被认为是观测偏差的样本方差。我们发现红移的本地方差的演变,不仅探测再电离的历史观测补丁的天空,但也跟踪电离形态。这个估计器提供了一个有前途的工具,以限制再电离的中点,以及深入了解早期星系的电离特性。

英文摘要:

Intensity mapping of the 21cm signal of neutral hydrogen will yield exciting insights into the Epoch of Reionisation and the nature of the first galaxies. However, the large amount of data that will be generated by the next generation of radio telescopes, such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), as well as the numerous observational obstacles to overcome, require analysis techniques tuned to extract the reionisation history and morphology. In this context, we introduce a one-point statistic, to which we refer as the local variance, $σ_\mathrm{loc}$, that describes the distribution of the mean differential 21cm brightness temperatures measured in two-dimensional maps along the frequency direction of a light-cone. The local variance takes advantage of what is usually considered an observational bias, the sample variance. We find the redshift-evolution of the local variance to not only probe the reionisation history of the observed patches of the sky, but also trace the ionisation morphology. This estimator provides a promising tool to constrain the midpoint of reionisation as well as gaining insight into the ionising properties of early galaxies.

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