The Impact of Cosmic Variance on Inferences of Global Neutral Fraction Derived from Ly$\hat{I}\pm$ Luminosity Functions During Reionization

Sean Bruton, Claudia Scarlata, Francesco Haardt +4

We investigate the impact of field-to-field variation, deriving from cosmic variance, in measured Lyman-$\hat{I}\pm$ emitter (LAE) luminosity functions (LFs) and this variation's impact on…