Probing beyond the epoch of hydrogen reionization with 21 centimeter radiation

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作者
Ciardi, B
Madau, P
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Astrophys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[2] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[3] Osserv Astrofis Arcetri, I-50125 Florence, Italy
关键词
cosmology : theory; diffuse radiation; galaxies : evolution; intergalactic medium; radio lines : general;
D O I
10.1086/377634
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We use numerical simulations of hydrogen reionization by stellar sources in the context of LambdaCDM cosmogonies to investigate the 21 (1 + z) cm radio signal expected from the diffuse intergalactic medium (IGM) prior to the epoch of reionization breakthrough at redshift z(ion). Two reionization scenarios are analyzed in detail: an "early reionization" case with z(ion) approximate to 13, consistent with the recent discovery by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite of a large optical depth to Thomson scattering, and a "late reionization" case with z(ion) approximate to 8. It is a generic prediction of these models that the background of Lyalpha photons produced by the early generation of stars which ultimately ionize the universe will be sufficiently intense to make intergalactic neutral hydrogen visible against the cosmic microwave background during the "gray age," i.e., z(ion) less than or similar to z less than or similar to 20. Depending on the redshift of reionization breakthrough, broad-beam observations at frequencies less than or similar to150 MHz ( below 100 MHz for the early reionization scenario) with the next generation of radio telescopes should reveal angular fluctuations in the sky brightness temperature in the range 5-20 mK (1sigma) on scales below 5'.
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