Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-12-09
2012 ApJ, 750, 20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
19 pages, 4 figures, Published in ApJ. Angular power spectrum with and without shot-noise are now plotted in figure 4, some no
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/750/1/20
Current observations suggest that the universe was reionized sometime before z~6. One way to observe this epoch of the universe is through the Near Infrared Background (NIRB), which contains information about galaxies which may be too faint to be observed individually. We calculate the angular power spectrum (C_l) of the NIRB fluctuations caused by the distribution of these galaxies. Assuming a complete subtraction of any post-reionization component, C_l will be dominated by galaxies responsible for completing reionization (e.g., z~6). The shape of C_l at high l is sensitive to the amount of non-linear bias of dark matter halos hosting galaxies. As the non-linear bias depends on the mass of these halos, we can use the shape of C_l to infer typical masses of dark matter halos responsible for completing reionization. We extend our previous study by using a higher-resolution N-body simulation, which can resolve halos down to 10^8 M_sun. We also include improved radiative transfer, which allows for the suppression of star formation in small-mass halos due to photo-ionization heating. As the non-linear bias enhances the dark-matter-halo power spectrum on small scales, we find that C_l is steeper for the case with a complete suppression of small sources or partial suppression of star formation in small halos (the minimum galaxy mass is M_min=10^9 M_sun in ionized regions and M_min=10^8 M_sun in neutral regions) than the case in which these small halos were unsuppressed. In all cases, we do not see a turn-over toward high l in the shape of l^2 C_l.
Fernandez Elizabeth R.
Iliev Ilian T.
Komatsu Eiichiro
Shapiro Paul R.
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