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用高色散快速射电暴限制再电离的时间

Constraining the Epoch of Reionization With Highly Dispersed Fast Radio Bursts

Michael Pagano, Hannah Fronenberg

摘要:

星系际介质(IGM)中的氢被电离的时期,被称为再电离时期(EoR)仍然知之甚少。EoR的时间和持续时间预计将由基本的天体物理学决定。此外,大多数再电离模型预测的密度和电离场之间的相关性。在这里,我们考虑使用高红移快速射电暴(FRB)的平均色散测度(DM)作为一个潜在的天体物理和EoR形态的探针。要做到这一点,我们预测观测的情况下,通过建立模拟数据集的红移之间的非重复FRB $8\leq z \leq 10$。假设所有的FRB都有伴随的光谱红移测量。我们发现,在上述窄红移范围内,100个高红移FRB的样品可以在$68\%$可信度下排除不相关再电离,而较大的样品,$\geq 10^4$ FRB,可以在$95\%$可信度下排除不相关再电离。我们还发现100个高红移FRB可以排除宇宙在$z = 10$完全中性的情况,具有$68\%$可信度。此外,对于$\geq 10^5$ FRB,我们可以将再电离的持续时间$Δz$(平均电离分数0.25至0.75之间的持续时间)限制为$Δz = 2.0^{+0.5}_{-0.4}$,并将再电离的中点限制为$95\%$可信度下的$z = 7.8^{+0.4}_{-0.2}$。

英文摘要:

The period in which hydrogen in the intergalactic medium (IGM) is ionized, known as the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) is still poorly understood. The timing and duration of the EoR is expected to be governed by the underlying astrophysics. Furthermore, most models of reionization predict a correlation between the density and ionization field. Here we consider using the mean dispersion measure (DM) of high redshift Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) as a probe of the underlying astrophysics and morphology of the EoR. To do this, we forecast observational scenarios by building mock data sets of non-repeating FRBs between redshifts $8\leq z \leq 10$. It is assumed that all FRBs have accompanying spectroscopic redshift measurements. We find that samples of 100 high redshift FRBs, in the above mentioned narrow redshift range, can rule out uncorrelated reionization at $68\%$ credibility, while larger samples, $\geq 10^4$ FRBs, can rule out uncorrelated reionization at $95\%$ credibility. We also find 100 high redshift FRBs can rule out scenarios where the Universe is entirely neutral at $z = 10$ with $68\%$ credibility. Further with $\geq 10^5$ FRBs, we can constrain the duration $Δz$ of reionization (duration between mean ionized fraction 0.25 to 0.75) to $Δz = 2.0^{+0.5}_{-0.4}$, and the midpoint of reionization to $z = 7.8^{+0.4}_{-0.2}$ at $95\%$ credibility.

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