Estimation of cosmological parameters from neutral hydrogen observations of the post-reionization epoch

Bharadwaj, Somnath and Sethi, Shiv K and Saini, Tarun Deep (2009) Estimation of cosmological parameters from neutral hydrogen observations of the post-reionization epoch. In: Physical Review D, 79 (8). 083538-1- 083538-5.

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Abstract

The emission from neutral hydrogen (HI) clouds in the post-reionization era (z <= 6), too faint to be individually detected, is present as a diffuse background in all low frequency radio observations below 1420MHz. The angular and frequency fluctuations of this radiation (similar to 1 mK) are an important future probe of the large-scale structures in the Universe. We show that such observations are a very effective probe of the background cosmological model and the perturbed Universe. In our study we focus on the possibility of determining the redshift-space distortion parameter beta, coordinate distance r(nu), and its derivative with redshift r(nu)('). Using reasonable estimates for the observational uncertainties and configurations representative of the ongoing and upcoming radio interferometers, we predict parameter estimation at a precision comparable with supernova Ia observations and galaxy redshift surveys, across a wide range in redshift that is only partially accessed by other probes. Future HI observations of the post-reionization era present a new technique, complementing several existing ones, to probe the expansion history and to elucidate the nature of the dark energy.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review D
Publisher:	American physical society
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to American physical society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2009 09:05
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:34
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/20836

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