2022MNRAS.515.5813P -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 515, 5813-5822 (2022/October-1)
Intensity mapping from the sky: synergizing the joint potential of [O III] and [C II] surveys at reionization.
PADMANABHAN H., BREYSSE P., LIDZ A. and SWITZER E.R.
Abstract (from CDS):
We forecast the ability of future-generation experiments to detect the fine-structure lines of the carbon and oxygen ions, [C II] and [O III] in intensity mapping (IM) from the Epoch of Reionization (z ∼ 6-8). Combining the latest empirically derived constraints relating the luminosity of the [O III] line to the ambient star formation rate, and using them in conjunction with previously derived estimates for the abundance of [C II] in haloes, we predict the expected autocorrelation IM signal to be observed using new experiments based on the Fred Young Submillimetre Telescope (FYST) and the balloon-borne facility, Experiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) over z ∼ 5.3-7. We describe how improvements to both the ground-based and balloon-based surveys in the future will enable a cross-correlation signal to be detected at ∼10-30σ over z ∼ 5.3-7. Finally, we propose a space-based mission targeting the [O III] 88 and 52 $\mu$m lines along with the [C II] 158 $\mu$m line, configured to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio of cross-correlation measurements. We find that such a configuration can achieve a high-significance detection (hundreds of σ) in both auto and cross-correlation modes.
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© 2022 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s):
galaxies: high-redshift - cosmology: observations - submillimetre: ISM
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