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First Light and Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) X:高红移下的环境星系偏置与巡天方差

First Light and Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) X: Environmental Galaxy Bias and Survey Variance at High Redshift

Peter A. Thomas, Christopher C. Lovell, Maxwell G. A. Maltz, Aswin P. Vijayan, Stephen M. Wilkins, Dimitrios Irodotou, William J. Roper, Louise Seeyave

AI总结:

本研究使用FLARES模拟分析了再电离时期的星系偏置与聚集现象,发现星系高度聚集导致深场巡天计数存在显著方差,并为评估不同巡天几何的方差提供了定量关系。

摘要:

即将进行的JWST深场星系巡天将在相对紧凑的区域(例如JADES GTO巡天约为300 arcmin²)探测再电离时期(EoR,5≤z≤10)的星系演化。因此,我们必须了解巡天方差的程度,以评估这些研究中星系群体的代表性。我们使用First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES)在流体动力学模拟中前所未有的超大过密度范围内测量了各种示踪物的星系偏置,并利用这些关系评估了EoR中偏置和聚集对巡天方差的影响。恒星形成相对于底层暗物质分布具有高度偏置,在低和高物质过密度区域之间,恒星与暗物质密度的平均比率变化了100倍(在14 h⁻¹ cMpc尺度上平滑)。这反映在星系分布中——质量最大的星系仅存在于高过密度区域。由于上述原因,EoR中的星系高度聚集,这可能导致巡天计数出现巨大方差。对于平均计数N≲100(1000),在角面积300 arcmin²(1.4 deg²)的单位红移切片中,N的2-sigma范围大约是四倍(两倍)因子。我们提出了不同巡天几何形状下预期方差与巡天面积之间的关系;这些关系将有助于希望了解巡天方差对结果影响的观测者。

英文摘要:

Upcoming deep galaxy surveys with JWST will probe galaxy evolution during the epoch of reionisation (EoR, $5\leq z\leq10$) over relatively compact areas (e.g. $\sim$ 300\,arcmin$^2$ for the JADES GTO survey). It is therefore imperative that we understand the degree of survey variance, to evaluate how representative the galaxy populations in these studies will be. We use the First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (FLARES) to measure the galaxy bias of various tracers over an unprecedentedly large range in overdensity for a hydrodynamic simulation, and use these relations to assess the impact of bias and clustering on survey variance in the EoR. Star formation is highly biased relative to the underlying dark matter distribution, with the mean ratio of the stellar to dark matter density varying by a factor of 100 between regions of low and high matter overdensity (smoothed on a scale of 14$\,h^{-1}$cMpc). This is reflected in the galaxy distribution --the most massive galaxies are found solely in regions of high overdensity. As a consequence of the above, galaxies in the EoR are highly clustered, which can lead to large variance in survey number counts. For mean number counts $N\lesssim 100$ (1000), in a unit redshift slice of angular area 300\,arcmin$^2$ (1.4\,deg$^2$), the 2-sigma range in $N$ is roughly a factor of four (two). We present relations between the expected variance and survey area for different survey geometries; these relations will be of use to observers wishing to understand the impact of survey variance on their results.

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