21cmvFAST: Adding dark matter-baryon relative velocities to 21cmFAST
Abstract
21cmvFAST demonstrates that including dark matter (DM)-baryon relative velocities produces velocity-induced acoustic oscillations (VAOs) in the 21-cm power spectrum. Based on 21cmFAST (ascl:1102.023) and 21CMMC (ascl:1608.017), 21cmvFAST accounts for molecular-cooling haloes, which are expected to drive star formation during cosmic dawn, as both relative velocities and Lyman-Werner feedback suppress halo formation. This yields accurate 21-cm predictions all the way to reionization (z>~10).
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Astrophysics Source Code Library
- Pub Date:
- July 2023
- Bibcode:
- 2023ascl.soft07008M
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- Software