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Extracting the global signal from 21-cm fluctuations: the multitracer approach

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posted on 2023-06-07, 07:35 authored by Anastasia Fialkov, Rennan Barkana, Matt Jarvis
The multitracer technique employs a ratio of densities of two differently biased galaxy samples that trace the same underlying matter density field, and was proposed to alleviate the cosmic variance problem. Here, we propose a novel application of this approach, applying it to two different tracers one of which is the 21-cm signal of neutral hydrogen from the epochs of reionization and comic dawn. The second tracer is assumed to be a sample of high-redshift galaxies, but the approach can be generalized and applied to other high-redshift tracers. We show that the anisotropy of the ratio of the two density fields can be used to measure the sky-averaged 21-cm signal, probe the spectral energy distribution of radiative sources that drive this signal, and extract large-scale properties of the second tracer, e.g. the galaxy bias. Using simulated 21-cm maps and mock galaxy samples, we find that the method works well for an idealized galaxy survey. However, in the case of a more realistic galaxy survey that only probes highly biased luminous galaxies, the inevitable Poisson noise makes the reconstruction far more challenging. This difficulty can be mitigated with the greater sensitivity of future telescopes along with larger survey volumes.

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Journal

Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society

ISSN

0035-8711

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Oxford University Press

Issue

3

Volume

491

Page range

3108-3119

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2020-07-22

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-07-22

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-07-21

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