Prospects for measuring dark energy with 21 cm intensity mapping experiments:A joint survey strategy

The 21 cm intensity mapping(IM)technique provides us with an efficient way to observe the cosmic large-scale structure(LSS).From the LSS data,one can use the baryon acoustic oscillation and redshift space distortion to trace the expansion and growth history of the universe,and thus measure the dark energy parameters.In this paper,we make a forecast for cosmological parameter estimation with the synergy of three 21 cm IM experiments.Specifically,we adopt a novel joint survey strategy,FAST(0<z<0.35)+SKA1-MID(0.35<z<0.8)+HIRAX(0.8<z<2.5),to measure dark energy.We simulate the 21 cm IM observations under the assumption of excellent foreground removal.We find that the synergy of three experiments could place quite tight constraints on cosmological parameters.For example,it providesσ(?m)=0.0039 andσ(H0)=0.27 km s^(-1) Mpc^(-1) in theΛCDM model.Notably,the synergy could break the cosmological parameter degeneracies when constraining the dynamical dark energy models.Concretely,the joint observation offersσ(w)=0.019 in the wCDM model,andσ(w0)=0.085 andσ(wa)=0.32 in the w0waCDM model.These results are better than or equal to those given by CMB+BAO+SN.In addition,when the foreground removal efficiency is relatively low,the strategy still performs well.Therefore,the 21 cm IM joint survey strategy is promising and worth pursuing.

Estimating Seismic Intensity Maps of the 2021 Mw 7.3 Madoi,Qinghai and Mw 6.1 Yangbi,Yunnan,China Earthquakes

This study focuses on rapidly determining seismic intensity maps of earthquakes because it offers fundamental information for effective emergency rescue and subsequent scientific research,and remains challenging to accurately determine seismic intensity map in regions with sparse instrumental observations.Here we applied a novel method that consisted of array technology(backprojection),ground-motion prediction equations,and site corrections,to estimate the seismic intensity maps of the 2021 Mw 7.3 Madoi,Qinghai and the Mw 6.1 Yangbi,Yunnan,China earthquakes.We used seismic data recorded at European stations to back-project the source processes of the 2021 Mw7.3 Madoi,Qinghai and the Mw 6.1 Yangbi,Yunnan,China earthquakes.The back-projected energy radiations were then used as subevents or used to define the fault geometry.Summing the contributions of each subevent or estimating the shortest distances from each site to the rupture fault,we obtained the ground motion(PGA and PGV)for each site under rock site conditions.The estimated ground motions were corrected at each site for local site amplification according to the Vs30 database.Our estimated seismic intensity maps and field reports showed high similarity,which further validated the effectiveness of the novel approach,and pushed the limit of earthquake size down to~M 6.Such efforts would substantially help in the fast and accurate evaluation of earthquake damage,and precise rescue efforts.

Preliminary report of the September 5,2022 M_(S) 6.8 Luding earthquake,Sichuan,China

The 2022 M_(S)6.8 Luding earthquake is the strongest earthquake in Sichuan Province, Western China, since the 2017 M_(S)7.0 Jiuzhaigou earthquake. It occurred on the Moxi fault in the southeastern segment of the Xianshuihe fault, a tectonically active and mountainous region with severe secondary earthquake disasters. To better understand the seismogenic mechanism and provide scientific support for future hazard mitigation, we summarize the preliminary results of the Luding earthquake, including seismotectonic background, seismicity and mainshock source characteristics and aftershock properties, and direct and secondary damage associated with the mainshock.The peak ground displacements in the NS and EW directions observed by the nearest GNSS station SCCM are ~35 mm and ~55 mm, respectively, resulting in the maximum coseismic dislocation of 20 mm along the NWW direction, which is consistent with the sinistral slip on the Xianshuihe fault. Back-projection of teleseismic P waves suggest that the mainshock rupture propagated toward south-southeast. The seismic intensity of the mainshock estimated from the back-projection results indicates a Mercalli scale of Ⅷ or above near the ruptured area,consistent with the results from instrumental measurements and field surveys. Numerous aftershocks were reported, with the largest being M_(S)4.5. Aftershock locations(up to September 18, 2022) exhibit 3 clusters spanning an area of 100 km long and 30 km wide. The magnitude and rate of aftershocks decreased as expected, and the depths became shallower with time. The mainshock and two aftershocks show left-lateral strike-slip focal mechanisms. For the aftershock sequence, the b-value from the Gutenberg-Richter frequency-magnitude relationship, h-value, and p-value for Omori’s law for aftershock decay are 0.81, 1.4, and 1.21, respectively, indicating that this is a typical mainshock-aftershock sequence. The low b-value implies high background stress in the hypocenter region. Analysis from remote sensing satellite images and UAV data shows that the distribution of earthquake-triggered landslides was consistent with the aftershock area. Numerous small-size landslides with limited volumes were revealed, which damaged or buried the roads and severely hindered the rescue process.

Sky reconstruction for the Tianlai cylinder array

We apply our sky map reconstruction method for transit type interferometers to the Tianlai cylin- der array. The method is based on spherical harmonic decomposition, and can be applied to a cylindrical array as well as dish arrays and we can compute the instrument response, synthesized beam, transfer func- tion and noise power spectrum. We consider cylinder arrays with feed spacing larger than half a wavelength and, as expected, we find that the arrays with regular spacing have grating lobes which produce spurious images in the reconstructed maps. We show that this problem can be overcome using arrays with a different feed spacing on each cylinder. We present the reconstructed maps, and study the performance in terms of noise power spectrum, transfer function and beams for both regular and irregular feed spacing configura- tions.

Disaster Investigation for August 20^th,2019 Sanya M4.2 Earthquake in Hainan,China

On August 20th,2019,a M4.2 earthquake occurred near Zhanan and Lixin Village,Tianya District,Sanya City,Hainan Province. We conduct field investigations in the vicinity of the epicenter which includes 25 natural villages based on the data provided by local government and finally complete the map of the earthquake intensity.Through the analysis of the houses and cracks in the earthquake area,the structure types and crack characteristics of the houses are basically unveiled. Furthermore,suggestions for earthquake disaster reduction in study area are obtained from the investigation.

A Dugdale-Barenblatt model for a strip with a semi-infinite crack embedded in decagonal quasicrystals

The present study is to determine the solution of a strip with a semi-infinite crack embedded in decagonal quasicrystals,which transforms a physically and mathematically daunting problem.Then cohesive forces are incorporated into a plastic strip in the elastic body for nonlinear deformation.By superposing the two linear elastic fields,one is evaluated with internal loadings and the other with cohesive forces,the problem is treated in Dugdale-Barenblatt manner.A simple but yet rigorous version of the complex analysis theory is employed here,which involves a conformal mapping technique.The analytical approach leads to the establishment of a few equations,which allows the exact calculation of the size of cohesive force zone and the most important physical quantity in crack theory：stress intensity factor.The analytical results of the present study may be used as the basis of fracture theory of decagonal quasicrystals.

Forecast for weighing neutrinos in cosmology with SKA

We investigate what role the SKA neutral hydrogen(HI)intensity mapping(IM)and galaxy sky surveys will play in weighing neutrinos in cosmology.We use the simulated data of the baryon acoustic oscillation(BAO)measurements from the HI surveys based on SKA1(IM)and SKA2(galaxy)to do the analysis.For the current observations,we use the Planck 2015 cosmic microwave background(CMB)anisotropies observation,the optical BAO measurements,the type Ia supernovae(SN)observation(Pantheon compilation),and the latest H0 measurement.We consider three mass ordering cases for massive neutrinos,i.e.,the normal hierarchy(NH),inverted hierarchy(IH),and degenerate hierarchy(DH)cases.It is found that the SKA observation can significantly improve the constraints on?m and H0.Compared to the current observation,the SKA1 data can improve the constraints on?m by about 33%,and on H0 by about 36%;the SKA2 data can improve the constraints on?m by about 58%,and on H0 by about 66%.It is also found that the SKA observation can only slightly improve the constraints on∑mν.Compared to the current observation,the SKA1 data can improve the constraints on∑mνby about 4%,3%,and 10%,for the NH,IH,and DH cases,respectively;the SKA2 data can improve the constraints on∑mνby about 7%,7%,and 16%,for the NH,IH,and DH cases,respectively.