Constraining beyond ΛCDM models with 21cm intensity mapping forecasted observations combined with latest CMB data

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol. 2022, pp. 018

Abstract

Abstract We explore constraints on dark energy and modified gravity with forecasted 21cm intensity mapping measurements using the Effective Field Theory approach. We construct a realistic mock data set forecasting a low redshift 21cm signal power spectrum P 21(z,k) measurement from the MeerKAT radio-telescope. We compute constraints on cosmological and model parameters through Monte-Carlo Markov-Chain techniques, testing both the constraining power of P 21(k) alone and its effect when combined with the latest Planck 2018 CMB data. We complement our analysis by testing the effects of tomography from an ideal mock data set of observations in multiple redshift bins. We conduct our analysis numerically with the codes EFTCAMB/EFTCosmoMC, which we extend by implementing a likelihood module fully integrated with the original codes. We find that adding P 21(k) to CMB data provides significantly tighter constraints on Ωc h 2 and H 0, with a reduction of the error with respect to Planck results at the level of more than 60%. For the parameters describing beyond ΛCDM theories, we observe a reduction in the error with respect to the Planck constraints at the level of ≲ 10%. The improvement increases up to ∼ 35% when we constrain the parameters using ideal, tomographic mock observations. We conclude that the power spectrum of the 21cm signal is sensitive to variations of the parameters describing the examined beyond ΛCDM models and, thus, P 21(k) observations could help to constrain dark energy. The constraining power on such theories is improved significantly by tomography.

Authors 5

1. Maria Berti corresponding

   Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste · Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe

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   IFPU, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, via Beirut2, 34151 Trieste, Italy

   INFN — National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Via Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste, Italy

   SISSA — International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy

2. Marta Spinelli corresponding

   Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare · Trieste Astronomical Observatory · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste · Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe · National Institute for Astrophysics

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   IFPU, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, via Beirut2, 34151 Trieste, Italy

   INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy

   INFN — National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Via Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste, Italy

3. Balakrishna S. Haridasu

   Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste · Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe

   Affiliation as printed

   IFPU, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, via Beirut2, 34151 Trieste, Italy

   INFN — National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Via Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste, Italy

   SISSA — International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy

4. Matteo Viel corresponding

   Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare · Trieste Astronomical Observatory · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste · Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe · National Institute for Astrophysics

   Affiliation as printed

   IFPU, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, via Beirut2, 34151 Trieste, Italy

   INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy

   INFN — National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Via Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste, Italy

   SISSA — International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy

5. Alessandra Silvestri corresponding Aachen Institute Lorentz

   Leiden University

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   Institute Lorentz, Leiden University, PO Box 9506, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands