The Large-Scale Structure of the X-ray Background and its Cosmological Implications

Abstract

A careful analysis of the HEAO1 A2 2-10 keV full-sky map of the X-ray background (XRB) reveals clustering on the scale of several degrees. After removing the contribution due to beam smearing, the intrinsic clustering of the background is found to be consistent with an auto-correlation function of the form (3.6 +- 0.9) x 10^{-4} theta^{-1} where theta is measured in degrees. If current AGN models of the hard XRB are reasonable and the cosmological constant-cold dark matter cosmology is correct, this clustering implies an X-ray bias factor of b_X ~ 2. Combined with the absence of a correlation between the XRB and the cosmic microwave background, this clustering can be used to limit the presence of an integrated Sachs-Wolfe (ISW) effect and thereby to constrain the value of the cosmological constant, Omega_Lambda < 0.60 (95 % C.L.). This constraint is inconsistent with much of the parameter space currently favored by other observations. Finally, we marginally detect the dipole moment of the diffuse XRB and find it to be consistent with the dipole due to our motion with respect to the mean rest frame of the XRB. The limit on the amplitude of any intrinsic dipole is delta I / I < 5 x 10^{-3} at the 95 % C.L. When compared to the local bulk velocity, this limit implies a constraint on the matter density of the universe of Omega_m^{0.6}/b_X(0) > 0.24.

15 pages, 8 postscript figures, to appear in the Astrophysical Journal. The postscript version appears not to print, so use the PDF version

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