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Effects of the sources of reionization on 21-cm redshift-space distortions

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posted on 2023-06-09, 07:03 authored by Suman Majumdar, Hannes Jensen, Garrelt Mellema, Emma Chapman, Filipe B Abdalla, Kai-Yan Lee, Ilian IlievIlian Iliev, Keri DixonKeri Dixon, Kanan K Datta, Benedetta Ciardi, Elizabeth R Fernandez, Vibor Jelic, Léon V E Koopmans, Saleem Zaroubi
The observed 21 cm signal from the epoch of reionization will be distorted along the line of sight by the peculiar velocities of matter particles. These redshift-space distortions will affect the contrast in the signal and will also make it anisotropic. This anisotropy contains information about the cross-correlation between the matter density field and the neutral hydrogen field, and could thus potentially be used to extract information about the sources of reionization. In this paper, we study a collection of simulated reionization scenarios assuming different models for the sources of reionization. We show that the 21 cm anisotropy is best measured by the quadrupole moment of the power spectrum. We find that, unless the properties of the reionization sources are extreme in some way, the quadrupole moment evolves very predictably as a function of global neutral fraction. This predictability implies that redshift-space distortions are not a very sensitive tool for distinguishing between reionization sources. However, the quadrupole moment can be used as a model-independent probe for constraining the reionization history. We show that such measurements can be done to some extent by first-generation instruments such as LOFAR, while the SKA should be able to measure the reionization history using the quadrupole moment of the power spectrum to great accuracy.

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Astrophysics and Cosmology - Sussex Consolidated Grant; G1291; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/L000652/1

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Journal

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

ISSN

0035-8711

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Issue

2

Volume

456

Page range

2080-2094

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Astronomy Centre Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2017-07-06

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-07-06

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-07-06

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