Constraining Dark Acoustic Oscillations with the High-Redshift UV Luminosity Function

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Autori principali: Barron, Jared, Curtin, David, Liu, Hongwan, Munoz, Julian, Roy, Sandip
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Barron, Jared
Curtin, David
Liu, Hongwan
Munoz, Julian
Roy, Sandip
author_facet Barron, Jared
Curtin, David
Liu, Hongwan
Munoz, Julian
Roy, Sandip
contents Dark acoustic oscillations (DAOs) in the matter power spectrum can arise in many different dark sector models, and can imprint on a variety of cosmological observables. In this work we use measurements of the galactic UV luminosity function (UVLF) at high redshifts to constrain the dark acoustic oscillation feature at small scales in a model-agnostic way. We introduce a phenomenological transfer function model for a dark sector with a species undergoing DAOs which can accommodate sub-dominant dark matter abundances, and obtain constraints on its parameters. In order to predict the UVLF, we employ an Extended Press-Schechter formalism which we calibrate using N-body simulations with initial conditions featuring DAOs. Using measurements from the Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, Subaru Telescope, and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, we constrain the wave number of the first DAO peak to be at $k \gtrsim 50\ h/\mathrm{Mpc}$, unless the fraction of dark matter undergoing DAOs is less than $0.07$.
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spellingShingle Constraining Dark Acoustic Oscillations with the High-Redshift UV Luminosity Function
Barron, Jared
Curtin, David
Liu, Hongwan
Munoz, Julian
Roy, Sandip
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Dark acoustic oscillations (DAOs) in the matter power spectrum can arise in many different dark sector models, and can imprint on a variety of cosmological observables. In this work we use measurements of the galactic UV luminosity function (UVLF) at high redshifts to constrain the dark acoustic oscillation feature at small scales in a model-agnostic way. We introduce a phenomenological transfer function model for a dark sector with a species undergoing DAOs which can accommodate sub-dominant dark matter abundances, and obtain constraints on its parameters. In order to predict the UVLF, we employ an Extended Press-Schechter formalism which we calibrate using N-body simulations with initial conditions featuring DAOs. Using measurements from the Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, Subaru Telescope, and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, we constrain the wave number of the first DAO peak to be at $k \gtrsim 50\ h/\mathrm{Mpc}$, unless the fraction of dark matter undergoing DAOs is less than $0.07$.
title Constraining Dark Acoustic Oscillations with the High-Redshift UV Luminosity Function
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.01998