Modification of the 21-cm power spectrum by quasars during the epoch of reionization

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Nov 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009mnras.399.1877g&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 399, Issue 4, pp. 1877-1887.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galaxies: High-Redshift, Intergalactic Medium, Cosmology: Theory, Diffuse Radiation

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We assess the effect of a population of high-redshift quasars on the 21-cm power spectrum during the epoch of reionization. Our approach is to implement a seminumerical scheme to calculate the three-dimensional structure of ionized regions surrounding massive haloes at high redshift. We include the ionizing influence of luminous quasars by populating a simulated overdensity field with quasars using a Monte Carlo Markov Chain algorithm. We find that quasars modify both the amplitude and shape of the power spectrum at a level which is of the same order as the fractional contribution to reionization. The modification is found both at constant redshift and at constant global neutral fraction, and arises because ionizing photons produced by quasars are biased relative to the density field at a level that is higher than stellar ionizing photons. The modification of the power spectrum is likely to be small, rendering the effect of quasars difficult to isolate. However, we find the modification of the power spectrum by quasars to be at a level that is comparable to the precision expected for future low-frequency telescopes. Correct interpretation of observations will therefore require the effect of quasars to be considered, and our results imply that quasar ionization will need to be included in detailed modelling of observed 21-cm power spectra.

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