Probing Early Structure Formation with Far-Infrared Background Correlations

Citation:

Knox L, Cooray A, Eisenstein D, Haiman Z. Probing Early Structure Formation with Far-Infrared Background Correlations. The Astrophysical Journal. 2001;550 :7-20.

Date Published:

March 1, 2001

Abstract:

The large-scale structure of high-redshift galaxies produces correlatedanisotropy in the far-infrared background (FIRB). In regions of the skywhere the thermal emission from Galactic dust is well below average,these high-redshift correlations may be the most significant source ofangular fluctuation power over a wide range of angular scales, from ~7'to ~3°, and frequencies, from ~400 to ~1000 GHz. The strength ofthis signal should allow detailed studies of the statistics of the FIRBfluctuations, including the shape of the angular power spectrum at agiven frequency and the degree of coherence between FIRB maps atdifferent frequencies. The FIRB correlations depend on and henceconstrain the redshift-dependent spectral energy distributions, numbercounts, and clustering bias of the galaxies and active nuclei thatcontribute to the background. We quantify the accuracy to which Planckand a newly proposed balloon-borne mission, Explorer of Diffuse GalacticEmissions, could constrain models of the high-redshift universe throughthe measurement of FIRB fluctuations. We conclude that the average bias

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