Astrophysics and Cosmology from the Epoch of reionisation and the cosmic dawn with the Square Kilometre Array.

来自再电离时代的天体物理学和宇宙学以及平方公里阵列的宇宙黎明。

基本信息

批准号：
1810948
负责人：
金额：
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依托单位：
Imperial College London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Studentship
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2016 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1810948
关键词：
Astrophysics Cosmology Epoch reionisation cosmic

项目摘要

Currently Cosmological information can be obtained via the distribution of Hydrogen atoms in the Universe in two main ways. Firstly Quasars from the Hubble deep field are used to probe the Universe for the amount of Hydrogen via the Lyman Alpha Forest in any one direction up to about a redshift of z=6. Secondly the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) provides information of density fluctuations of the Universe around the time of recombination of Hydrogen atoms after the Big Bang, at a redshift of about z=1100. However the range in between these two techniques is not nearly as well known experimentally. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) intends to shed light on the period of redshifts z=6 to z=27 by analysing fluctuations in the 21cm hyperfine emission line of neutral Hydrogen with a new generation of radio interferometers. Analysis of the powers spectrum should produce a model of the evolution of neutral Hydrogen atoms, as density perturbations shown in the CMB grow into Galaxies, until the majority of the Hydrogen in the Universe is re-ionised. This project is aimed towards looking at Bayesian statistical analyses used on theoretical data that will be similar to the real data produced by SKA when it is finished being built in Australia in 2020 (and also the data from HERA, a similar experiment under construction in South Africa). This semi-numerical simulation will hopefully allow us to understand the observations made by SKA in an astrophysical context, in terms of Galaxy formation during the Cosmic Dawn.

目前，宇宙学信息可以通过两种主要方式通过宇宙中氢原子的分布来获得。首先，来自哈勃深场的类星体被用来通过莱曼阿尔法森林在任何一个方向上探测宇宙中的氢含量，红移可达 z=6。其次，宇宙微波背景（CMB）提供了大爆炸后氢原子重组期间宇宙密度涨落的信息，红移约为 z=1100。然而，这两种技术之间的范围在实验上还不太清楚。平方公里阵列（SKA）旨在通过新一代射电干涉仪分析中性氢21厘米超精细发射线的波动，揭示红移z=6至z=27的周期。对功率谱的分析应该会产生中性氢原子演化的模型，因为宇宙微波背景中显示的密度扰动会成长为星系，直到宇宙中的大部分氢被重新电离。该项目旨在研究用于理论数据的贝叶斯统计分析，这些数据将与 SKA 于 2020 年在澳大利亚建成时产生的实际数据类似（以及来自 HERA 的数据，HERA 是南澳正在建设的一个类似实验）非洲）。这种半数值模拟有望让我们了解 SKA 在天体物理学背景下所做的观测，即宇宙黎明期间星系的形成。