Impact of astrophysical scatter on the Epoch of Reionization [H I]_ 21cm bispectrum
arxiv(2023)
摘要
It is believed that the first star-forming galaxies are the main drivers of
cosmic reionization. It is usually assumed that there is a one-to-one
relationship between the star formation rate (SFR) inside a galaxy and the host
halo mass in semi-analytical/numerical modeling of large-scale ionization maps
during the epoch of reionization. However, more accurate simulations and
observations suggest that the SFR and ionizing luminosity in galaxies may vary
considerably even if the host halo mass is the same. This astrophysical scatter
can introduce an additional non-Gaussianity in the [H I]_21 cm signal,
which might not be captured adequately in the power spectrum. In this work, we
have studied the impact of the scatter on the [H I]_21 cm bispectrum
using semi-numerical simulations. We find that the scatter primarily affects
small ionized regions, whereas the large ionized bubbles remain largely
unaffected. Although, the fractional change in the [H I]_21 cm bispectra
due to the scatter is found to be more than a factor of 10 at large scales
(≲ 1 Mpc^-1), it is found to be statistically insignificant.
However, at small scales (k∼2.55 Mpc^-1), we have found the impact due
to the scatter to be high in magnitude (|⟨Δ B
⟩/B_no-scatter| ∼ 1) and statistically significant
(|⟨Δ B⟩/σ_Δ B| ≳ 5) at neutral fraction,
x_ HI∼ 0.8. We have also found that in the most optimistic
scenario, SKA1-Low might be able to detect these signatures of astrophysical
scatter, at ∼ 3σ and ∼ 5σ detection significance for
x_ HI∼ 0.8 and 0.9 respectively, for the equilateral [H
I]_21 cm bispectrum.
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