We present a large sample of candidate galaxies at z ≈ 7 - 10, selected in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field using the new observations of the Wide Field Camera 3 that was recently installed on the Hubble Space Telescope. ...We present a large sample of candidate galaxies at z ≈ 7 - 10, selected in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field using the new observations of the Wide Field Camera 3 that was recently installed on the Hubble Space Telescope. Our sample is composed of 20 z850-dropouts （four new discoveries）, 15 Y105-dropouts （nine new discoveries） and 20 J125-dropouts （all new discoveries）. The surface densities of the Z850-dropouts are close to what was predicted by earlier studies, however, those of the Y105- and J125-dropouts are quite unexpected. While no Y105- or J125-dropouts have been found at AB ≤ 28.0 mag, their surface densities seem to increase sharply at fainter levels. While some of these candidates seem to be close to foreground galaxies and thus could possibly be gravitationally lensed, the overall surface densities after excluding such cases are still much higher than what would be expected if the luminosity function does not evolve from z ～ 7 to 10. Motivated by such steep increases, we tentatively propose a set of Schechter function parameters to describe the luminosity functions at z ≈8 and 10. As compared to their counterpart at z ≈ 7, here L^＊ decreases by a factor of ～ 6.5 and Ф^＊ increases by a factor of 17-90. Although such parameters are not yet demanded by the existing observations, they are allowed and seem to agree with the data better than other alternatives. If these luminosity functions are still valid beyond our current detection limit, this would imply a sudden emergence of a large number of low-luminosity galaxies when looking back in time to z ≈ 10, which, while seemingly exotic, would naturally fit in the picture of the cosmic hydrogen reionization. These early galaxies could easily account for the ionizing photon budget required by the reionization, and they would imply that the global star formation rate density might start from a very high value at z ≈ 10, rapidly reach the minimum at z≈ 7, and start to rise again towards z ≈ 6. In this scenario, the majority of the stellar mass that the universe assembled through the reionization epoch seems still undetected by current observations at z ≈ 6.展开更多
The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection(GRAND)is a planned large-scale observatory of ultra-high-energy(UHE)cosmic particles,with energies exceeding 10~8 Ge V.Its goal is to solve the long-standing mystery of the...The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection(GRAND)is a planned large-scale observatory of ultra-high-energy(UHE)cosmic particles,with energies exceeding 10~8 Ge V.Its goal is to solve the long-standing mystery of the origin of UHE cosmic rays.To do this,GRAND will detect an unprecedented number of UHE cosmic rays and search for the undiscovered UHE neutrinos and gamma rays associated to them with unmatched sensitivity.GRAND will use large arrays of antennas to detect the radio emission coming from extensive air showers initiated by UHE particles in the atmosphere.Its design is modular:20 separate,independent sub-arrays,each of 10000 radio antennas deployed over 10000 km^2.A staged construction plan will validate key detection techniques while achieving important science goals early.Here we present the science goals,detection strategy,preliminary design,performance goals,and construction plans for GRAND.展开更多
We investigate the level of galaxy assembly bias in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) main galaxy sample using ELUCID,a state-of-the-art constrained simulation that accurately reconstructed the initial density pertu...We investigate the level of galaxy assembly bias in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) main galaxy sample using ELUCID,a state-of-the-art constrained simulation that accurately reconstructed the initial density perturbations within the SDSS volume.On top of the ELUCID haloes,we develop an extended HOD model that includes the assembly bias of central and satellite galaxies,parameterized as Q_(cen)and Q_(sat),respectively,to predict a suite of one-and two-point observables.In particular,our fiducial constraint employs the probability distribution of the galaxy number counts measured on 8 h^(-1)Mpc scales N_8^(g) and the projected cross-correlation functions of quintiles of galaxies selected by N_(8)^(g) with our entire galaxy sample.We perform extensive tests of the efficacy of our method by fitting the same observables to mock data using both constrained and non-constrained simulations.We discover that in many cases the level of cosmic variance between the two simulations can produce biased constraints that lead to an erroneous detection of galaxy assembly bias if the non-constrained simulation is used.When applying our method to the SDSS data,the ELUCID reconstruction effectively removes an otherwise strong degeneracy between cosmic variance and galaxy assembly bias in SDSS,enabling us to derive an accurate and stringent constraint on the latter.Our fiducial ELUCID constraint,for galaxies above a stellar mass threshold M_(*)=10^(10.2)h^(-2)M_(⊙),is Q_(cen)=-0.09±0.05 and Q_(sat)=0.09±0.10,indicating no evidence for a significant (>2σ) galaxy assembly bias in the local Universe probed by SDSS.Finally,our method provides a promising path to the robust modelling of the galaxy-halo connection within future surveys like DESI and PFS.展开更多
基金supported in part by the NASA JWST Interdisciplinary Scientist grant NAG5-12460 from GSFC
文摘We present a large sample of candidate galaxies at z ≈ 7 - 10, selected in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field using the new observations of the Wide Field Camera 3 that was recently installed on the Hubble Space Telescope. Our sample is composed of 20 z850-dropouts （four new discoveries）, 15 Y105-dropouts （nine new discoveries） and 20 J125-dropouts （all new discoveries）. The surface densities of the Z850-dropouts are close to what was predicted by earlier studies, however, those of the Y105- and J125-dropouts are quite unexpected. While no Y105- or J125-dropouts have been found at AB ≤ 28.0 mag, their surface densities seem to increase sharply at fainter levels. While some of these candidates seem to be close to foreground galaxies and thus could possibly be gravitationally lensed, the overall surface densities after excluding such cases are still much higher than what would be expected if the luminosity function does not evolve from z ～ 7 to 10. Motivated by such steep increases, we tentatively propose a set of Schechter function parameters to describe the luminosity functions at z ≈8 and 10. As compared to their counterpart at z ≈ 7, here L^＊ decreases by a factor of ～ 6.5 and Ф^＊ increases by a factor of 17-90. Although such parameters are not yet demanded by the existing observations, they are allowed and seem to agree with the data better than other alternatives. If these luminosity functions are still valid beyond our current detection limit, this would imply a sudden emergence of a large number of low-luminosity galaxies when looking back in time to z ≈ 10, which, while seemingly exotic, would naturally fit in the picture of the cosmic hydrogen reionization. These early galaxies could easily account for the ionizing photon budget required by the reionization, and they would imply that the global star formation rate density might start from a very high value at z ≈ 10, rapidly reach the minimum at z≈ 7, and start to rise again towards z ≈ 6. In this scenario, the majority of the stellar mass that the universe assembled through the reionization epoch seems still undetected by current observations at z ≈ 6.
基金The GRAND project is supported by the APACHE of the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche(Grant No.ANR-16-CE31-0001)the FranceChina Particle Physics Laboratory,the China Exchange Program from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences+15 种基金the Key Projects of Frontier Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.QYZDY-SSW-SLH022)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB23000000)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2018YFA0404601)supported by Sao Paulo Research Foundation(FAPESP)(Grant No.2017/12828-4)partially supported from National Science Foundation(Grant Nos.PHY-1404311,and PHY-1714479)supported by Danish National Research Foundation(DNRF91)Danmarks Grundforskningsfond(Grant No.1041811001)Villum Fonden(Grant No.13164)Washington Carvalho Jr.is supported by Sao Paulo Research Foundation(FAPESP)(Grant No.2015/15735-1)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11375209)supported by the Flemish Foundation for Scientific Research(Grant No.FWO-12L3715N–K.D.de Vries)supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research(NWO)supported by the Key Projects of Frontier Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences,(Grant No.QYZDY-SSWSLH022)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences,(Grant No.XDB23000000)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11505213)“Data analysis for radio detection array at 21CMA base”
文摘The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection(GRAND)is a planned large-scale observatory of ultra-high-energy(UHE)cosmic particles,with energies exceeding 10~8 Ge V.Its goal is to solve the long-standing mystery of the origin of UHE cosmic rays.To do this,GRAND will detect an unprecedented number of UHE cosmic rays and search for the undiscovered UHE neutrinos and gamma rays associated to them with unmatched sensitivity.GRAND will use large arrays of antennas to detect the radio emission coming from extensive air showers initiated by UHE particles in the atmosphere.Its design is modular:20 separate,independent sub-arrays,each of 10000 radio antennas deployed over 10000 km^2.A staged construction plan will validate key detection techniques while achieving important science goals early.Here we present the science goals,detection strategy,preliminary design,performance goals,and construction plans for GRAND.
基金the support by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFA0404504)the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11873038, 11621303, 11890692, and 12173024)+7 种基金the science research grants from the China Manned Space Project (Grant Nos. CMS-CSST-2021-A01, CMSCSST-2021-A02, and CMS-CSST-2021-B01)the National One-Thousand Youth Talent Program of Chinathe sponsorship from Yangyang Development Fundsupported by a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowshipsupported by the U.S. Department of Energy,Office of Science, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research,Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER25308)the support by the “111” Project of the Ministry of Education (Grant No. B20019)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11733004, 11421303, and 11890693)support of NSF grant AST (Grant No. 2009735)。
文摘We investigate the level of galaxy assembly bias in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) main galaxy sample using ELUCID,a state-of-the-art constrained simulation that accurately reconstructed the initial density perturbations within the SDSS volume.On top of the ELUCID haloes,we develop an extended HOD model that includes the assembly bias of central and satellite galaxies,parameterized as Q_(cen)and Q_(sat),respectively,to predict a suite of one-and two-point observables.In particular,our fiducial constraint employs the probability distribution of the galaxy number counts measured on 8 h^(-1)Mpc scales N_8^(g) and the projected cross-correlation functions of quintiles of galaxies selected by N_(8)^(g) with our entire galaxy sample.We perform extensive tests of the efficacy of our method by fitting the same observables to mock data using both constrained and non-constrained simulations.We discover that in many cases the level of cosmic variance between the two simulations can produce biased constraints that lead to an erroneous detection of galaxy assembly bias if the non-constrained simulation is used.When applying our method to the SDSS data,the ELUCID reconstruction effectively removes an otherwise strong degeneracy between cosmic variance and galaxy assembly bias in SDSS,enabling us to derive an accurate and stringent constraint on the latter.Our fiducial ELUCID constraint,for galaxies above a stellar mass threshold M_(*)=10^(10.2)h^(-2)M_(⊙),is Q_(cen)=-0.09±0.05 and Q_(sat)=0.09±0.10,indicating no evidence for a significant (>2σ) galaxy assembly bias in the local Universe probed by SDSS.Finally,our method provides a promising path to the robust modelling of the galaxy-halo connection within future surveys like DESI and PFS.
