Minimum size of 21-cm simulations

Abstract

Cosmic 21cm interferometry is set to revolutionize our understanding of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) and the Cosmic Dawn (CD). However, the signal has structure on a huge range of scales, requiring large simulation boxes to statistically capture the relevant fields. In this work we quantify the minimum box size for simulating the power spectrum (PS) of the cosmic 21cm signal. We perform multiple realizations of the initial conditions, for a range of box sizes. We quantify convergence with respect to a mock observation of box length 1.1 Gpc, with thermal noise computed for a 1000h observation with SKA1-low. We find that simulations of box lengths 200-300 Mpc underestimate the large-scale power during the CD by ~7-9 % on average. We conclude that box lengths of $L\gtrsim 250$ Mpc are needed to converge at the level of <~1$\sigma$ of the total noise.

arXiv comment9 pages, 6 figures, published in MNRAS

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