A Method for Separating the Physics from the Astrophysics of High-Redshift 21cm Fluctuations

Abstract

Fluctuations in the 21cm brightness from cosmic hydrogen at redshifts z > 6 were sourced by the primordial density perturbations from inflation as well as by the radiation from galaxies. We propose a method to separate these components based on the angular dependence of the 21cm fluctuation power spectrum. Peculiar velocities increase the power spectrum by a factor of ~ 2 compared to density fluctuations alone, and introduce an angular dependence in Fourier space. The resulting angular structure relative to the line of sight facilitates a simple separation of the power spectrum into several components, permitting an unambiguous determination of the primordial power spectrum of density fluctuations, and of the detailed properties of all astrophysical sources of 21cm fluctuations. We also demonstrate that there is no significant information to be gained from 21cm measurements on large angular scales. Thus, observational analyses can be confined to small angular areas where projection effects are negligible, and theoretical predictions should focus on the three-dimensional power spectrum of 21cm fluctuations.

4 pages, 2 figures, ApJL, submitted

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