On the uncertainties of results derived from H i spectral line stacking experiments
On the uncertainties of results derived from H i spectral line stacking experiments
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论哈伊谱线叠加实验结果的不确定性
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10.1093/mnras/stz1178
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发表时间:
2019
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4.8
通讯作者:
Blyth, S L
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作者:
Elson, E C;Baker, A J;Blyth, S L
We present the results of a set of mock experiments aimed at quantifying the accuracy of results derived from Hispectral line stacking experiments. We focus on the effects of spatial and spectral aperture sizes and redshift uncertainties on co-added Hispectra, and by implication on the usefulness of results from Hiline spectral stacking experiments. Using large spatial apertures to extract constituent galaxy spectra yields co-added spectra with high levels of contamination and with relatively low signal-to-noise ratios (S/Ns). These properties are also affected by the size of the spectral aperture as well as Hiredshift uncertainties of galaxies. When redshift uncertainties are high, S/N decreases while the contamination level remains roughly constant. Using small spectral apertures in the presence of large Hiredshift uncertainties can yield significant decreases in S/N without the expected decrease in the amount of contaminant flux. Our simulations show that a co-added spectrum rarely yields an accurate measure of the total Himass of a galaxy sample. Total mass is generally over/underestimated for large/small spatial apertures, regardless of spectral aperture size. Our findings strongly suggest that any co-added Higalaxy spectrum needs to be fully modelled in the ways presented in this paper in order to apply accurate corrections for flux contamination and derive realistic uncertainties in total Higalaxy mass. Failing to do so will result in unreliable inferences of galaxy and cosmological parameters, such as ΩHi.
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