The HI intensity mapping power spectrum: insights from recent measurements

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Main Authors: Padmanabhan, Hamsa, Maartens, Roy, Umeh, Obinna, Camera, Stefano
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Published: 2023
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author Padmanabhan, Hamsa
Maartens, Roy
Umeh, Obinna
Camera, Stefano
author_facet Padmanabhan, Hamsa
Maartens, Roy
Umeh, Obinna
Camera, Stefano
contents The first direct measurements of the HI intensity mapping power spectrum were recently made using the MeerKAT telescope. These measurements are on nonlinear scales, at redshifts 0.32 and 0.44. We develop a formalism for modelling small-scale power in redshift space, within the context of the mass-weighted HI halo model framework. This model is consistent with the latest findings from surveys on the HI-halo mass relation. In order to model nonlinear scales, we include the 1-halo, shot-noise and finger-of-god effects. Then we apply the model to the MeerKAT auto-correlation data, finding that the model provides a good fit to the data at redshift 0.32, but the data may indicate some evidence for an adjustment at $z \sim 0.44$. Such an adjustment can be achieved by an increase in the HI abundance or halo model bias.
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spellingShingle The HI intensity mapping power spectrum: insights from recent measurements
Padmanabhan, Hamsa
Maartens, Roy
Umeh, Obinna
Camera, Stefano
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
The first direct measurements of the HI intensity mapping power spectrum were recently made using the MeerKAT telescope. These measurements are on nonlinear scales, at redshifts 0.32 and 0.44. We develop a formalism for modelling small-scale power in redshift space, within the context of the mass-weighted HI halo model framework. This model is consistent with the latest findings from surveys on the HI-halo mass relation. In order to model nonlinear scales, we include the 1-halo, shot-noise and finger-of-god effects. Then we apply the model to the MeerKAT auto-correlation data, finding that the model provides a good fit to the data at redshift 0.32, but the data may indicate some evidence for an adjustment at $z \sim 0.44$. Such an adjustment can be achieved by an increase in the HI abundance or halo model bias.
title The HI intensity mapping power spectrum: insights from recent measurements
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.09720