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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Étude des composantes noires de l'univers avec la mission Euclid / Study of the dark components of the Universe with the Euclid mission

Tutusaus Lleixa, Isaac 20 September 2018 (has links)
Le modèle de concordance de la cosmologie, appelé ΛCDM, est un succès de la physique moderne, car il est capable de reproduire les principales observations cosmologiques avec une grande précision et très peu de paramètres libres. Cependant, il prédit l'existence de matière noire froide et d'énergie sombre sous la forme d'une constante cosmologique, qui n'ont pas encore été détectées directement. Par conséquent, il est important de considérer des modèles allant au-delà de ΛCDM et de les confronter aux observations, afin d'améliorer nos connaissances sur le secteur sombre de l'Univers. Le futur satellite Euclid, de l'Agence Spatiale Européenne, explorera un énorme volume de la structure à grande échelle de l'Univers en utilisant principalement le regroupement des galaxies et la distorsion de leurs images due aux lentilles gravitationnelles. Dans ce travail, nous caractérisons de façon quantitative les performances d'Euclid vis-à-vis des contraintes cosmologiques, à la fois pour le modèle de concordance, mais également pour des extensions phénoménologiques modifiant les deux composantes sombres de l'Univers. En particulier, nous accordons une attention particulière aux corrélations croisées entre les différentes sondes d'Euclid lors de leur combinaison et estimons de façon précise leur impact sur les résultats finaux. D'une part, nous montrons qu'Euclid fournira d'excellentes contraintes sur les modèles cosmologiques qui définitivement illuminera le secteur sombre. D'autre part, nous montrons que les corrélations croisées entre les sondes d'Euclid ne peuvent pas être négligées dans les analyses futures et, plus important encore, que l'ajout de ces corrélations améliore grandement les contraintes sur les paramètres cosmologiques. / The concordance model of cosmology, called ΛCDM, is a success, since it is able to reproduce the main cosmological observations with great accuracy and only few parameters. However, it predicts the existence of cold dark matter and dark energy in the form of a cosmological constant, which have not been directly detected yet. Therefore, it is important to consider models going beyond ΛCDM, and confront them against observations, in order to improve our knowledge on the dark sector of the Universe. The future Euclid satellite from the European Space Agency will probe a huge volume of the large-scale structure of the Universe using mainly the clustering of galaxies and the distortion of their images due to gravitational lensing. In this work, we quantitatively estimate the constraining power of the future Euclid data for the concordance model, as well as for some phenomenological extensions of it, modifying both dark components of the Universe. In particular, we pay special attention to the cross-correlations between the different Euclid probes when combining them, and assess their impact on the final results. On one hand, we show that Euclid will provide exquisite constraints on cosmological models that will definitely shed light on the dark sector. On the other hand, we show that cross-correlations between Euclid probes cannot be neglected in future analyses, and, more importantly, that the addition of these correlations largely improves the constraints on the cosmological parameters.
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Precision Cosmology with Weak Gravitational Lensing and Galaxy Populations

Freudenburg, Jenna Kay Cunliffe January 2020 (has links)
No description available.
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Baryonic acoustic oscillations with emission line galaxies at intermediate redshift : the large-scale structure of the universe. / Observation des oscillations baryoniques primordiales des galaxies à raie d’émission à décalage vers le rouge modéré : la structure aux grandes échelles dans l’univers.

Comparat, Johan 21 June 2013 (has links)
J'ai démontrer la faisabilité de la sélection de la cible pour les galaxies en ligne des émissions lumineuses. Je comprends maintenant les principaux mécanismes physiques de conduite de l'efficacité d'une sélection, en particulier le rapport à la photométrie de parent. Une question reste perplexe, je ne pouvais pas encore estimer quantitativement l'impact de la poussière sur l'efficacité de la sélection. J'espère que d'aborder cette question avec l'ensemble des données décrites dans le chapitre 4.En dehors de la ligne de sélection de la cible de la galaxie d'émission, j'ai étudié, au premier ordre, les deux principales erreurs systématiques sur la détermination de l'échelle BAO nous attendent en raison de l'utilisation galaxies en ligne des émissions comme traceurs de la question. J'ai d'abord montré le caractère incomplet de la distribution redshift, en raison de la mesure du décalage spectral avec [Oii], est lié à la résolution instrumentale. Je trouve qu'il ya deux régimes intéressants. Pour une observation des plus brillants [OII] émetteurs, une résolution modérée est suffisante, alors que pour une enquête plus faible, la plus haute de la résolution le meilleur. Deuxièmement, j'ai estimé le biais de la galaxie linéaire des sélections discuté avant et je trouve qu'ils sont très biaisés. D'une part, ce sont d'excellentes nouvelles pour les observateurs, comme le temps nécessaire pour observer à un signal donné au bruit dans le spectre de puissance diminue avec le carré de la partialité. D'autre part, elle constitue un nouveau défi pour les algorithmes de reconstruction et la fabrication de catalogues simulacres. / In this PhD, I demonstrate the feasibility of the target selection for bright emission line galaxies. Also I now understand the main physical mechanisms driving the efficiency of a selection, in particular the relation to the parent photometry. A puzzling issue remains, I could not yet estimate quantitatively the impact of the dust on the selection efficiency. I hope to address this question with the data set described in chapter 4.Apart from the emission line galaxy target selection, I investigated, at first order, the two main systematic errors on the determination of the BAO scale we expect due to using emission line galaxies as tracers of the matter. First I showed the incompleteness in the redshift distribution, due to the measurement of the redshift with [Oii], is related to the instrumental resolution. I find there are two interesting regimes. For an observation of the brightest [Oii]emitters, a moderate resolution is sufficient, whereas for a fainter survey, the highest the resolution the best. Secondly, I estimated the linear galaxy bias of the selections discussed before and I find they are highly biased. On one hand, this is great news for the observers, as the time required to observed at a given signal to noise in the power spectrum decreases with the square of the bias. On the other hand, it constitutes a new challenge for reconstruction algorithms and the making of mock catalogs. The work in progress described in the last chapter shows I am starting to try and handle these questions in a robust manner.
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Improvements to the Calculation of Indirect Signals of Diffuse Gamma-rays and Neutrinos from Dark Matter Annihilation

Campbell, Sheldon Scott 2012 August 1900 (has links)
A new formalism is presented for calculating the mean intensity spectrum and angular power spectrum of gamma-rays or neutrinos from extragalactic annihilating dark matter, taking into account the dependence of the relative motions of the annihilating particles on the annihilation cross section. To model the large scale dark matter distribution of mass and relative velocities, the halo distribution model is comprehensively summarized, and extended to include a universal radial profile of the particles' velocity variance, based on results from N-body computer simulations of dark matter halos. A velocity variance profile, associated with the NFW density profile, is proposed by enforcing a power-law profile of the pseudo phase-space density. This allows the large-scale velocity distribution to be described by virialized, gravitationally bound dark matter halos, as opposed to thermal motions used to describe the velocity distribution in the early Universe. The recent particle motion history of the Universe is presented for the described model. Sample extragalactic gamma-ray intensities from dark matter annihilation are shown for dark matter annihilating with p-wave, according to a relative-velocity-weighted annihilation cross section sigmav = a + bv^2, for constants a and b, with examples taken from supersymmetric models. For thermally produced dark matter, the p-wave suppresses the signal intensity. If b/a > 10^6, the p-wave hardens the intensity spectrum by an estimated factor of 1 + (6b/a)delta_I (E_gamma), and increases the angular power spectrum by a factor also depending on new coefficients (delta_Cl)^(1) (E_gamma ) and (delta_Cl)^(2) (E_gamma ). The energy-dependence of the new p-wave coefficients delta_I , (delta_Cl)^(1) (E_gamma ), and (delta_Cl)^(2) (E_gamma ) are shown for various annihilation spectra. Sample intensity spectra are also presented for Sommerfeld-enhanced annihilation. The intensity of neutrinos from dark matter annihilation is also considered. The variations between the dark matter annihilation signals for different particle phenomenologies suggest that particle physics constraints are possible from an observed indirect detection signal. Calculations of the annihilation signal from the galactic halo are also shown. The extragalactic signal's intensity is found to be consistent in magnitude with the galactic intensity?within the uncertainty of the models of the dark matter distribution?when looking out from the galactic plane. This suggests that the total cosmic signal may have significant contributions from both components.
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The kinetic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect as a probe of the physics of cosmic reionization : the effect of self-regulated reionization

Park, Hyunbae 16 January 2015 (has links)
We calculate the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background temperature fluctuations induced by the kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect from the epoch of reionization (EOR). We use detailed N-body+radiative-transfer simulations to follow inhomogeneous reionization of the intergalactic medium. For the first time, we take into account the "self-regulation" of reionization: star formation in low-mass dwarf galaxies or minihalos is suppressed if these halos form in the regions that were already ionized or Lyman-Werner dissociated. Some previous work suggested that the amplitude of the kSZ power spectrum from the EOR can be described by a two-parameter family: the epoch of half-ionization and the duration of reionization. However, we argue that this picture applies only to simple forms of the reionization history which are roughly symmetric about the half-ionization epoch. In self-regulated reionization, the universe begins to be ionized early, maintains a low level of ionization for an extended period, and then finishes reionization as soon as high-mass atomically cooling halos dominate. While inclusion of self-regulation affects the amplitude of the kSZ power spectrum only modestly (~10%), it can change the duration of reionization by a factor of more than two. We conclude that the simple two-parameter family does not capture the effect of a physical, yet complex, reionization history caused by self-regulation. When added to the post-reionization kSZ contribution, our prediction for the total kSZ power spectrum is below the current upper bound from the South Pole Telescope. Therefore, the current upper bound on the kSZ effect from the EOR is consistent with our understanding of the physics of reionization. / text
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Cosmological RHD simulations of early galaxy formation / RHD simulations cosmologiques de la formation des premieres galaxies

Rosdahl, Karl Joakim 15 June 2012 (has links)
Avec l’essor actuel de la sophistication et de l’efficacité des codes de cosmologie hydrodynamique,il est devenu possible d’inclure le transfert radiatif (RT) des photons ionisants dansles simulations cosmologiques, soit en post-traitement, soit en simulations couplées rayonnement+hydrodynamique (RHD). Malgré de nombreux obstacles, il y a eu cette derniéredécennie beaucoup de recherches menées sur les différentes stratégies et implémentations,dû au fait qu’un nombre de problèmes intéressants peuvent être désormais abordés par laRT et RHD, par exemple comment et quand l’Univers s’est réionisé, comment l’émissionradiative des étoiles et des noyaux actifs de galaxies se comportent pour réguler la formationdes structures à des échelles petites et grandes, et quelles prédictions et interprétationsnous pouvons faire des phénomènes observés, tels que la forêt Lyman-alpha et des sourcesdiffuses de rayonnement.Cela coïncide avec l’avènement du télescope spatial James Webb (JWST) et d’autresinstruments de pointe qui sont sur le point de nous donner un aperçu sans précédent sur lafin des âges sombres de l’Univers, quand le cosmos est passé d’un état froid et neutre à unétat chaud et ionisé, à la suite de l’apparition des sources radiatives.Notre préoccupation principale étant les rétroactions radiatives des premieres structures,nous avons mis en place une version RHD du code cosmologique Ramses, que nous appelonsRamsesRT, basée sur la méthode des moments. Ce code nous permet d’étudier les effets durayonnement ionisant dans les simulations cosmologiques RHD qui tirent pleinement profitdes stratégies de raffinement adaptif de grille et de parallélisation de Ramses. Pour rendreauto-cohérent le RHD nous avons également mis en oeuvre une thermochimie hors-équilibreincluant des espèces de l’Hydrogène et de l’Hélium qui interagissent avec le rayonnementtransporté.Je présente dans cette thèse une description détaillée de RamsesRT et de nombreux testscontribuant à sa validation.Jusqu’à présent nous avons utilisé RamsesRT pour étudier l’émission Lyman-alpha decourants d’accrétion, qui sont prédits à grand redshift par les simulations cosmologiques,mais n’ont jamais été clairement identifiés par les observations. Nous avons également étudiéle chauffage gravitationnel dans ces courants pour déterminer si ce dernier pouvait être lasource motrice principale des Lyman-alpha blobs, un phénomène observé qui a été beaucoupétudié et débattu au cours de la dernière décennie. Cet étudie nous permet de conclure queles Lyman-alpha blobs peuvent, en principe, être alimentés par le chauffage gravitationnel,et que d’autre part, les courants d’accrétion sont sur le point d’être directement détectablesavec des instruments à venir.Mes intentions futures sont d’utiliser RamsesRT dans les simulations cosmologiques àhaute résolution, de la formation des premiéres galaxies jusqu’à l’époque de la réionisation,et ainsi étudier comment la rétroaction radiative affecte la formation et l’évolution de cesgalaxies et de faire des prévisions d’observation qui peuvent être testées avec des instrumentssophistiqués tels que le JWST. / With the increasing sophistication and efficiency of cosmological hydrodynamics codes, ithas become viable to include ionizing radiative transfer (RT) in cosmological simulations,either in post-processing or in full-blown radiation-hydrodynamics (RHD) simulations. Inspite of the many hurdles involved, there has been much activity during the last decade or soon different strategies and implementations, because a number of interesting problems canbe addressed with RT and RHD, e.g. how and when the Universe became reionized, howradiation from stars and active galactic nuclei plays a part in regulating structure formationon small and large scales, and what predictions and interpretations we can make of observedphenomena such as the Lyman-alpha forest and diffuse sources of radiation.This coincides with the advent of the James Webb space telescope (JWST) and otherstate-of-the-art instruments which are about to give us an unprecedented glimpse into theend of the dark ages of the Universe, when the cosmos switched from a cold and neutralstate to a hot and ionized one, due to the turn-on of ionizing radiative sources.With a primary interest in the problem of radiative feedback in early structure formation,we have implemented an RHD version of the Ramses cosmological code we call RamsesRT,which is moment based and employs the local M1 Eddington tensor closure. This code allowsus to study the effects of ionizing radiation on-the-fly in cosmological RHD simulationsthat take full advantage of the adaptive mesh refinement and parallelization strategies ofRamses. For self-consistent RHD we have also implemented a non-equilibrium chemistry ofthe atomic hydrogen and helium species that interact with the transported radiation.I present in this thesis an extensive description of the RamsesRT implementation andnumerous tests to validate it.Thus far we have used the RHD implementation to study extended line emission fromaccretion streams, which are routinely predicted to exist at early redshift by cosmologicalsimulations but have never been unambiguously verified by observations, and to investigatewhether gravitational heating in those streams could be the dominant power source ofso-called Lyman-alpha blobs, an observed phenomenon which has been much studied anddebated during the last decade or two. Our conclusions from this investigation are thatLyman-alpha blobs can in principle be powered by gravitational heating, and furthermorethat accretion streams are on the verge of being directly detectable for the first time withupcoming instruments.My future intent is to use RamsesRT for high-resolution cosmological zoom simulations ofearly galaxy formation, up to the epoch of reionization, to study how radiative feedbackaffects the formation and evolution of those galaxies and to make observational predictionsthat can be tested with upcoming instruments such as the JWST.
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Observational and theoretical constraints on galaxy evolution at high redshift / Contraintes observationnelles et théoriques sur l'évolution des galaxies à haut redshift

Laigle, Clotilde 22 September 2016 (has links)
Je présente dans cette thèse de nouvelles contraintes sur la formation et l’évolution des galaxies, en étudiant leur croissance en masse et leur évolution au sein de la toile cosmique depuis l’époque de leur formation jusqu’à maintenant. Pour cela, j’ai créé un catalogue photométrique sur le champ COSMOS. Ce catalogue permet de sonder avec précision l’Univers à haut redshift. J’analyse ce relevé observé à l’aide de relevés virtuels, produits à partir de simulations hydrodynamiques. Ces simulations implémentent nos connaissances sur la formation et l’évolution des galaxies.Dans un premier temps, je montre que l’évolution en redshift des propriétés des galaxies est relativement bien comprise en invoquant des processus qui dépendent essentiellement de la masse, tels que le feedback des étoiles et des AGN. Je souligne également comment nos méthodes observationnelles génèrent des biais dans les propriétés physiques des galaxies calculées à partir de la photométrie.Dans un deuxième temps, je montre comment la dynamique des flots de matière à grande échelle gouverne l’acquisition du moment angulaire des galaxies et halos de matière noire, ce qui implique que certaines propriétés des galaxies sont supposées dépendre de leur environnement anisotrope. J’ai extrait la structure filamentaire du catalogue photométrique que j’ai créé sur le champ COSMOS et j’ai mesuré cette dépendance. Je trouve des gradients de masse et de couleurs dans la direction du filament. Il apparaît que la masse et le moment angulaire des galaxies sont deux quantités interdépendantes et tous deux impactés par leur environnement anisotrope. / I present in this thesis new constraints on galaxy formation and evolution while studying the galaxy mass growth and the co-evolution of the cosmic web and the embedded galaxies, from the epoch of cosmic dawn to today.To do so, I first created a new photometric catalog on the COSMOS field with precise photometric redshifts allowing to probe accurately the high-redshift Universe. I analyze this survey while relying heavily on comparisons with virtual galaxy surveys produced from state-of-the- art cosmological hydrodynamical simulations, which capture all our current knowledge of galaxy formation and evolution.From this comparative analysis, in the first part of my thesis I show that the redshift evolution of galaxy properties is reasonably well understood when invoking mass-dependent processes (AGN and stellar feed- back). I highlight also the effect of simplifying assumptions inherent to our observational methods, which bias the physical properties computed from galaxy photometry.Galaxies and haloes are embedded in the cosmic web, an intricate large-scale structure of walls, filaments and nodes. In the second part of my thesis, I show how galaxies and dark haloes gain their angular momentum from the large-scale flow, implying that some of their properties depend on their anisotropic filamentary environment. I then extract the filamentary structure from the observed photometric catalog and measure the dependence of galaxy properties to the anisotropic environment. I find mass and colour gradients towards the filaments. In turn it emerges that galaxy masses and angular momenta are two dependent quantities impacted by their anisotropic environment.
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Mesure de l'échelle des oscillations acoustiques de baryons dans la fonction de corrélation des forêts Lyman-α avec la distribution des quasars observés dans le relevé SDSS / Mesure of the scale of bayonic acoustic oscillations in the correlation function of Lyman-α forest with the quasar distribution observed in the SDSS survey

Du Mas des Bourboux, Hélion 08 September 2017 (has links)
La propagation des ondes acoustiques dans le plasma primordial a laissé son empreinte sous la forme d'un pic dans la fonction de corrélation à deux points de la densité de matière. Ce pic d'oscillations acoustiques de baryons (BAO) constitue une échelle standard permettant de déterminer certains paramètres des différents modèles cosmologiques.Dans ce manuscrit de thèse, nous présentons une mise à jour de la mesure de BAO à un redshift z=2.40, à l'aide de la fonction de corrélation croisée entre deux traceurs des fluctuations primordiales de densité de matière: les quasars de SDSS-III (BOSS) et leurs fluctuations d'absorption du flux des forêts Lyman-α. Ces fluctuations tracent la distribution d'hydrogène neutre dans le milieu intergalactique (IGM).Cette étude constitue le premier développement d'un ajustement entièrement physique de la fonction de corrélation croisée; il prend notamment en compte la physique des quasars et la présence d'éléments plus lourds que l'hydrogène dans l'IGM. Nous y présentons également les premières simulations de notre analyse. Celles-ci nous permettent de valider l'ensemble de la procédure de mesure de l'échelle BAO.Cette étude mesure la distance de Hubble et la distance de diamètre angulaire avec respectivement une précision de 2% et 3% (intervalle à 1 σ). Nous combinons nos résultats avec d'autres mesures de BAO à des redshifts plus faibles et trouvons la densité de matière noire et d'énergie noire dans le cadre de deux différents modèles cosmologiques: ΛCDM et oΛCDM. / The acoustic wave propagation in the primordial plasma left its imprint in the two-point correlation function of the matter density field. This baryonic acoustic oscillation (BAO) peak builds up a standard ladder allowing us to infer some parameters of the different cosmological models.In this thesis manuscript we present an update of the BAO measurement at a redshift z=2.40, from the cross-correlation function between two tracers of the primordial matter density fluctuations: quasars of SDSS-III (BOSS) and their Lyman-α-forest absorption fluctuations. These fluctuations trace the neutral hydrogen distribution in the intergalactic medium (IGM).This study gives the first developpment of the full physical fit of the cross-correlation. Among other effects, it takes into account quasar physics and the distribution of IGM elements heavier than hydrogen. We also present the first simulations of our analysis. They allow us to validate the overall data analysis leading to the BAO measurement.This study measures the Hubble distance and the angular diameter distance at the 2%$ and 3%$ precision level respectivelly (1 σ interval). We combine our results with other BAO measurements at lower redshifts and find the dark matter density and dark energy density in the framework of two different cosmological models: ΛCDM et oΛCDM.
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Primordial non-Gaussianities: Theory and Prospects for Observations / Não-Gaussianidades Primordiais: Teoria e Perspectivas para Observações

Guandalin, Caroline Macedo 28 August 2018 (has links)
Early Universe physics leaves distinct imprints on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and Large-Scale Structure (LSS). The current cosmological paradigm to explain the origin of the structures we see in the Universe today (CMB and LSS), named Inflation, says that the Universe went through a period of accelerated expansion. Density fluctuations that eventually have grown into the temperature fluctuations of the CMB and the galaxies and other structures we see in the LSS come from the quantization of the scalar field (inflaton) which provokes the accelerated expansion. The most simple inflationary model, which contains only one slowly-rolling scalar field with canonical kinetic term in the action, produces a power-spectrum (Fourier transform of the two-point correlation function) approximately scale invariant and an almost null bispectrum (Fourier transform of the three-point correlation function). This characteristic is called Gaussianity, once random fields that follow a normal distribution have all the odd moments null. Yet, more complex inflationary models (with more scalar fields and/or non-trivial kinetic terms in the action, etc) and possible alternatives to inflation have a non-vanishing bispectrum which can be parametrized by a non-linearity parameter f_NL, whose value differs from model to model. In this work we studied the basic ingredients to understand such statements and focused on the observational evidences of this parameters and how the current and upcoming galaxy surveys are able to impose constraints to the value of f_NL with a better accuracy, through the multi-tracer technique, than those obtained by means of CMB measurements. / A física do Universo primordial deixa sinais distintos na Radiação Cósmica de Fundo (CMB) e Estrutura em Larga Escala (LSS). O paradigma atual da cosmologia explica a origem das estruturas que vemos hoje (CMB e LSS) através da inflação, teoria que diz que o Universo passou por um período de expansão acelerada. As flutuações de densidade que eventualmente crescem, dando origem às flutuações de temperatura da CMB, às galáxias e outras estruturas que vemos na LSS, provém da quantização do campo escalar (inflaton) que provoca a tal expansão acelerada. O modelo inflacionário mais simples, o qual contém um único campo escalar nas condições de rolamento lento e termo cinético canônico da ação, possui o espectro de potências (transformada de Fourier da função de correlação de dois pontos) aproximadamente invariante de escala e o bispectro (transformada de Fourier da função de correlação de três pontos) aproximadamente nulo. Tal característica é conhecida por Gaussianidade, uma vez que campos aleatórios cuja distribuição é uma normal tem todas as funções de correlação de ordem ímpar nulas. Contudo, modelos inflacionários mais complexos (mais campos escalares, termos cinéticos não-triviais na ação, etc) e alternativas possíveis à inflação possuem um bispectro não nulo, o qual pode ser parametrizado através do parâmetro de não-linearidade f_NL, cujo valor difere de modelo para modelo. Neste trabalho estudamos os ingredientes básicos para entender tais afirmações e focamos nas evidências observacionais desse parâmetro e como os levantamentos de galáxias atuais e futuros podem impor restrições ao valor de f_NL com uma precisão maior, através da técnica de múltiplos traçadores, do que aquelas obtidas com medidas da CMB.
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Primordial non-Gaussianities: Theory and Prospects for Observations / Não-Gaussianidades Primordiais: Teoria e Perspectivas para Observações

Caroline Macedo Guandalin 28 August 2018 (has links)
Early Universe physics leaves distinct imprints on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and Large-Scale Structure (LSS). The current cosmological paradigm to explain the origin of the structures we see in the Universe today (CMB and LSS), named Inflation, says that the Universe went through a period of accelerated expansion. Density fluctuations that eventually have grown into the temperature fluctuations of the CMB and the galaxies and other structures we see in the LSS come from the quantization of the scalar field (inflaton) which provokes the accelerated expansion. The most simple inflationary model, which contains only one slowly-rolling scalar field with canonical kinetic term in the action, produces a power-spectrum (Fourier transform of the two-point correlation function) approximately scale invariant and an almost null bispectrum (Fourier transform of the three-point correlation function). This characteristic is called Gaussianity, once random fields that follow a normal distribution have all the odd moments null. Yet, more complex inflationary models (with more scalar fields and/or non-trivial kinetic terms in the action, etc) and possible alternatives to inflation have a non-vanishing bispectrum which can be parametrized by a non-linearity parameter f_NL, whose value differs from model to model. In this work we studied the basic ingredients to understand such statements and focused on the observational evidences of this parameters and how the current and upcoming galaxy surveys are able to impose constraints to the value of f_NL with a better accuracy, through the multi-tracer technique, than those obtained by means of CMB measurements. / A física do Universo primordial deixa sinais distintos na Radiação Cósmica de Fundo (CMB) e Estrutura em Larga Escala (LSS). O paradigma atual da cosmologia explica a origem das estruturas que vemos hoje (CMB e LSS) através da inflação, teoria que diz que o Universo passou por um período de expansão acelerada. As flutuações de densidade que eventualmente crescem, dando origem às flutuações de temperatura da CMB, às galáxias e outras estruturas que vemos na LSS, provém da quantização do campo escalar (inflaton) que provoca a tal expansão acelerada. O modelo inflacionário mais simples, o qual contém um único campo escalar nas condições de rolamento lento e termo cinético canônico da ação, possui o espectro de potências (transformada de Fourier da função de correlação de dois pontos) aproximadamente invariante de escala e o bispectro (transformada de Fourier da função de correlação de três pontos) aproximadamente nulo. Tal característica é conhecida por Gaussianidade, uma vez que campos aleatórios cuja distribuição é uma normal tem todas as funções de correlação de ordem ímpar nulas. Contudo, modelos inflacionários mais complexos (mais campos escalares, termos cinéticos não-triviais na ação, etc) e alternativas possíveis à inflação possuem um bispectro não nulo, o qual pode ser parametrizado através do parâmetro de não-linearidade f_NL, cujo valor difere de modelo para modelo. Neste trabalho estudamos os ingredientes básicos para entender tais afirmações e focamos nas evidências observacionais desse parâmetro e como os levantamentos de galáxias atuais e futuros podem impor restrições ao valor de f_NL com uma precisão maior, através da técnica de múltiplos traçadores, do que aquelas obtidas com medidas da CMB.

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