A ground-based 21cm Baryon acoustic oscillation survey

Details A ground-based 21cm Baryon acoustic oscillation survey A ground-based 21cm Baryon acoustic oscillation survey

2009-10-26

arxiv.org/abs/0910.5007v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

ApJ accepted version. Important changes in section 2 and 3 - uses a more realistic instrument response model and removed the d

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Baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) provide a robust standard ruler with which to measure the acceleration of the Universe. The BAO feature has so far been detected in optical galaxy surveys. Intensity mapping of neutral hydrogen emission with a ground-based radio telescope provides another promising window for measuring BAO at redshifts of order unity for relatively low cost. While the cylindrical radio telescope (CRT) proposed for these measurements will have excellent redshift resolution, it will suffer from poor angular resolution (a few arcminutes at best). We investigate the effect of angular resolution on the standard ruler test with BAO, using the Dark Energy Task Force Figure of Merit as a benchmark. We then extend the analysis to include variations in the parameters characterizing the telescope and the underlying physics. Finally, we optimize the survey parameters (holding total cost fixed) and present an example of a CRT BAO survey that is competitive with Stage III dark energy experiments. The tools developed here form the backbone of a publicly available code that can be used to obtain estimates of cost and Figure of Merit for any set of parameters.

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