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原初涨落功率谱对再电离历史的影响

Impact of the primordial fluctuation power spectrum on the reionization history

Teppei Minoda, Shintaro Yoshiura, Tomo Takahashi

AI总结:

本文提出利用再电离历史探测小尺度原初密度涨落,通过21cmFAST模拟研究跑动谱指数的影响,并结合莱曼-α发射体观测给出约束,表明其与CMB结合可有效研究原初涨落。

摘要:

我们认为,对再电离历史的观测可以作为探测原初密度涨落(尤其是小尺度上的涨落)的一种手段。尽管原初曲率扰动已通过宇宙微波背景(CMB)各向异性和大尺度结构的测量得到了很好的约束,但这些观测数据仅探测了曲率扰动在大尺度上的信息,因此,其在小尺度上的信息将为我们提供关于原初涨落的进一步见解。由于早期星系的形成对小尺度扰动的振幅很敏感,进而会对再电离历史产生影响,因此,人们可以通过对再电离的观测来探测小尺度上的原初功率谱。在这项工作中,我们聚焦于原初功率谱的跑动谱指数来表征小尺度扰动,并利用数值代码\texttt{21cmFAST}(该代码采用了一个简单但常用的再电离模型)研究它们对再电离历史的影响。我们还从莱曼-$\alpha$发射体光度函数所指示的再电离历史观测中,推导了对跑动谱指数的约束。我们表明,再电离历史与CMB等大尺度观测相结合,将成为研究原初密度涨落的有用工具。

英文摘要:

We argue that observations of the reionization history can be used as a probe of primordial density fluctuations, particularly on small scales. Although the primordial curvature perturbations are well constrained from measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies and large-scale structure, these observational data probe the curvature perturbations only on large scales, and hence its information on smaller scales will give us further insight on primordial fluctuations. Since the formation of early galaxies is sensitive to the amplitude of small-scale perturbations, and then, in turn, gives an impact on the reionization history, one can probe the primordial power spectrum on small scales through observations of reionization. In this work, we focus on the running spectral indices of the primordial power spectrum to characterize the small-scale perturbations, and investigate their impact on the reionization history using the numerical code \texttt{21cmFAST}, which adopts a simple but commonly used reionization model. We also derive the constraints on the running spectral indices from observations of the reionization history indicated by the luminosity function of the Lyman-$α$ emitters. We show that the reionization history, in combination with large-scale observations such as CMB, would be a useful tool to investigate primordial density fluctuations.

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