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强高红移无线电背景在宇宙黎明21厘米双谱中的特征

The Signature of Strong High-Redshift Radio Backgrounds on the Cosmic Dawn 21-cm Bispectrum

Tel-Aviv University(特拉维夫大学);National Institute of Technology Calicut(卡利卡特国家理工学院);University of Cambridge(剑桥大学);Kavli Institute for Cosmology(卡弗里宇宙学研究所)

Sudipta Sikder, Rajesh Mondal, Rennan Barkana, Anastasia Fialkov

AI总结:

本研究利用21厘米双谱分析高红移无线电背景对宇宙黎明时期信号的影响,揭示其非高斯性特征及观测意义。

摘要:

ARCADE-2绝对辐射计测量揭示了GHz频段的强无线电背景。由于宇宙学21厘米信号是相对于背景辐射温度测量的,无线电过剩的存在会显著改变其特性。先前研究探讨了不均匀无线电背景对全球21厘米信号和21厘米功率谱的影响。这种非均匀无线电背景还预计会引入显著的非高斯性。在本工作中,利用双谱,我们分析了存在过剩银河无线电背景下的21厘米信号的非高斯性,并研究了早期星系沿视线的无线电波动如何影响其性质。我们发现,即使早期星系中无线电效率的适度增强也会显著影响小尺度21厘米双谱。此外,由银河无线电背景引起的延迟加热转变将 squeezed-limit 双谱的符号变化点移至更低的红移(z≈11),为区分不同无线电背景模型提供了潜在的观测特征。这些结果表明,21厘米双谱,特别是 squeezed-limit,对无线电背景波动高度敏感,使其成为探测高红移无线电明亮源和早期宇宙物理的强大工具。

英文摘要:

Measurements from the Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission 2 (ARCADE-2) reveal a strong radio background in the GHz frequency range. Since the cosmological 21-cm signal is measured relative to the background radiation temperature, the presence of a radio excess can significantly alter its characteristics. Previous studies have explored the impact of an inhomogeneous radio background on the global 21-cm signal and 21-cm power spectrum. This non-uniform radio background is also expected to introduce substantial non-Gaussianity. In this work, using the bispectrum, we analyze the non-Gaussianity in the 21-cm signal in the presence of an excess galactic radio background and investigate how line-of-sight radio fluctuations from early galaxies influence its nature. We find that even a moderate enhancement in radio efficiency in early galaxies significantly affects the small-scale 21-cm bispectrum. Furthermore, the delayed heating transition caused by a galactic radio background shifts the sign change in the squeezed-limit bispectrum to lower redshifts ($z\sim11$), providing a potential observational signature for distinguishing different radio background models. These results demonstrate that the 21-cm bispectrum, particularly in the squeezed limit, is highly sensitive to radio background fluctuations, making it a powerful tool for probing high-redshift radio-loud sources and the physics of the early cosmic epoch.

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