Simulating Cosmic Reionization at Large Scales II: the 21-cm Emission Features and Statistical Signals
Abstract
We present detailed predictions for the redshifted 21cm signal from the epoch of reionization. These predictions are obtained from radiative transfer calculations on the results of large scale (100/h Mpc), high dynamic range, cosmological simulations. We consider several scenarios for the reionization history, of both early and extended reionization. From the simulations we construct and analyze a range of observational characteristics, from the global signal, via detailed images and spectra, to statistical representations of rms fluctuations, angular power spectra, and probability distribution functions to characterize the non-gaussianity of the 21cm signal. (abbreviated abstract)
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0603518,
title = {Simulating Cosmic Reionization at Large Scales II: the 21-cm Emission Features and Statistical Signals},
author = {Garrelt Mellema and Ilian T. Iliev and Ue-Li Pen and Paul R. Shapiro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0603518},
year = {2009}
}
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Revised version: brought in sync with MNRAS accepted version. 16 pages, 14 figures