Lyman-$\alpha$ Polarization Intensity Mapping

Abstract

We present a formalism that incorporates hydrogen Lyman-alpha (Ly$\alpha$) polarization arising from the scattering of radiation in galaxy halos into the intensity mapping approach. Using the halo model, and emission profiles based on simulations and observations, we calculate auto and cross power spectra at redshifts $3\le z\le 13$ for the Ly$\alpha$ total intensity, $I$, polarized intensity, $P$, degree of polarization, $\Pi =P/I$, and two new quantities, the astrophysical $E$ and $B$ modes of Ly$\alpha$ polarization. The one-halo terms of the $\Pi$ power spectra show a turnover that signals the average extent of the polarization signal, and thus the extent of the scattering medium. The position of this feature depends on redshift, and on the specific emission profile shape and extent, in our formalism. Therefore, the comparison of various Ly$\alpha$ polarization quantities and redshifts can break degeneracies between competing effects, and it can reveal the true shape of the emission profiles, and thus, the physical properties of the cool gas in halos. Furthermore, measurements of Ly$\alpha$ $E$ and $B$ modes may be used as probes of galaxy evolution, because they are related to the average degree of anisotropy in the emission and in the halo gas distribution across redshifts. The detection of the polarization signal at $z\sim 3-5$ requires improvements in the sensitivity of current ground-based experiments by a factor of $\sim 10$, and of $\sim 100$ for space-based instruments targeting the redshifts $z\sim 9-10$, the exact values depending on the specific redshift and experiment. Interloper contamination in polarization is expected to be small, because the interlopers need to also be polarized. Overall, Ly$\alpha$ polarization boosts the amount of physical information retrievable on galaxies and their surroundings, most of it not achievable with total emission alone. (abridged)

arXiv commentPhys. Rev. D, accepted version. Main plots: figs. 3, 8, 9

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