Pandey, S;
Baxter, EJ;
Xu, Z;
Orlowski-Scherer, J;
Zhu, N;
Lidz, A;
Aguirre, J;
... Wechsler, RH; + view all
(2019)
Constraints on the redshift evolution of astrophysical feedback with Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect cross-correlations.
Physical Review D
, 100
(6)
, Article 063519. 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.063519.
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Abstract
An understanding of astrophysical feedback is important for constraining models of galaxy formation and for extracting cosmological information from current and future weak lensing surveys. The thermal Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect, quantified via the Compton-y parameter, is a powerful tool for studying feedback, because it directly probes the pressure of the hot, ionized gas residing in dark matter halos. Cross-correlations between galaxies and maps of Compton-y obtained from cosmic microwave background surveys are sensitive to the redshift evolution of the gas pressure, and its dependence on halo mass. In this work, we use galaxies identified in year one data from the Dark Energy Survey and Compton-y maps constructed from Planck observations. We find highly significant (roughly 12sigma) detections of galaxy-y cross-correlation in multiple redshift bins. By jointly fitting these measurements as well as measurements of galaxy clustering, we constrain the halo bias-weighted, gas pressure of the Universe as a function of redshift between 0.15 ≲ z ≲ 0.75. We compare these measurements to predictions from hydrodynamical simulations, allowing us to constrain the amount of thermal energy in the halo gas relative to that resulting from gravitational collapse.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Constraints on the redshift evolution of astrophysical feedback with Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect cross-correlations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.063519 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.063519 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Cosmic microwave background, Evolution of the Universe, Formation & evolution of stars & galaxies, Large scale structure of the Universe, Radio - microwave & sub-mm astronomy, Sky surveys |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10083315 |
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