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Predictions and sensitivity forecasts for reionization-era [C ii] line intensity mapping

Sebastian Dumitru
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Girish Kulkarni
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Guilaine Lagache
Martin G. Haehnelt
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Observations of the high-redshift Universe using the 21 cm line of neutral hydrogen and complimentary emission lines from the first galaxies promise to open a new door for our understanding of the epoch of reionization. We present predictions for the [C ii] 158 |$\mu$|m line and H i 21 cm emission from redshifts z = 6–9 using high-dynamic-range cosmological simulations combined with semi-analytical models. We find that the CONCERTO experiment should be able to marginally detect the large-scale power spectrum of [C ii] emission to redshifts of up to z = 8 (signal-to-noise ratio ∼1 at k < 0.1 h cMpc^−1 with 1500 h of integration). A Stage II experiment similar to CCAT-p should be able to detect [C ii] from even higher redshifts to high significance for similar integration times (signal-to-noise ratio of ∼50 at k = 0.2 h cMpc^−1 at z = 6). We study the possibility of combining such future [C ii] measurements with 21 cm measurements using LOFAR and SKA to measure the [C ii]−21cm cross power spectra, and find that a Stage II experiment should be able to measure the cross power spectrum for k ≲ 1 h cMpc^−1 to signal-to-noise ratio of better than 10. We discuss the capability of such measurements to constrain astrophysical parameters relevant to reionization and show that a measurement of the [C ii]−21cm cross power spectrum helps break the degeneracy between the mass and brightness of ionizing sources.
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hal-01719650 , version 1 (05-07-2019)

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Sebastian Dumitru, Girish Kulkarni, Guilaine Lagache, Martin G. Haehnelt. Predictions and sensitivity forecasts for reionization-era [C ii] line intensity mapping. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019, 485 (3), pp.3486-3498. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stz617⟩. ⟨hal-01719650⟩
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