Optimal 1D Ly$\alpha$ Forest Power Spectrum Estimation -- II. KODIAQ, SQUAD & XQ-100

Abstract

We measure the 1D Ly$\alpha$ power spectrum $P_{1D}$ from Keck Observatory Database of Ionized Absorption toward Quasars (KODIAQ), The Spectral Quasar Absorption Database (SQUAD) and XQ-100 quasars using the optimal quadratic estimator. We combine KODIAQ and SQUAD at the spectrum level, but perform a separate XQ-100 estimation to control its large resolution corrections in check. Our final analysis measures $P_{1D}$ at scales $k<0.1$skm${}^{-1}$ between redshifts $z=$ 2.0 -- 4.6 using 538 quasars. This sample provides the largest number of high-resolution, high-S/N observations; and combined with the power of optimal estimator it provides exceptional precision at small scales. These small-scale modes ($k\gtrsim 0.02$skm${}^{-1}$), unavailable in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) analyses, are sensitive to the thermal state and reionization history of the intergalactic medium, as well as the nature of dark matter. As an example, a simple Fisher forecast analysis estimates that our results can improve small-scale cut off sensitivity by more than a factor of 2.

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