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Radio interferometric experiments aim to constrain the reionization model parameters by measuring the 21-cm signal statistics, primarily the power spectrum. However the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) 21-cm signal is highly non-Gaussian, and…

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Precise subtraction of foreground sources is crucial for detecting and estimating 21cm HI signals from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). We quantify how imperfect point source subtraction due to limitations of the measurement dataset yields…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Cathryn M. Trott , Randall B. Wayth , Steven J. Tingay

We explore how chromatic RFI flags affect 21-cm power spectrum measurements. We particularly study flags that are coarser than the analysis resolution. We find that such RFI flags produce excess power in the EoR window in much the same way…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-12 Michael J. Wilensky , Bryna J. Hazelton , Miguel F. Morales

The recent low value of Planck (2016) integrated optical depth to Thomson scattering suggests that the reionization occurred fairly suddenly, disfavoring extended reionization scenarios. This will have a significant impact on the 21cm power…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-27 Sultan Hassan , Romeel Dave , Kristian Finlator , Mario G. Santos

A number of experiments are currently working towards a measurement of the 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization. Whether or not these experiments deliver a detection of cosmological emission, their limited sensitivity will prevent…

The 21-cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) is a powerful probe of the evolution of the Universe. However, accurate measurements of the EoR signal from radio interferometric observations are sensitive to efficient foreground…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-23 Madhurima Choudhury , Jonathan C. Pober

Recent theoretical developments for observing the Epoch of Reionization (EOR) have concentrated on the power spectrum signature of redshifted 21 cm emission. These studies have demonstrated the great potential of statistical EOR…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Miguel F. Morales

The 21 cm emission of neutral hydrogen is the most promising probe of the epoch of reionization(EoR). In the next few years, the SKA pathfinders will provide statistical measurements of this signal. Numerical simulations predicting these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Baek , P. Di Matteo , B. Semelin , F. Combes , Y. Revaz

The epoch of reionization (EoR), marking the Universe's transition from a neutral to ionized state, represents a pivotal phase for understanding the formation of the first stars and galaxies. Intensity mapping of atomic and molecular lines,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-17 Anirban Roy , Anthony Pullen , Patrick C. Breysse , Rachel S. Somerville

The morphology of the 21-cm signal emitted by the neutral hydrogen present in the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) depends both on the properties of the sources of ionizing radiation and on the underlying…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-04 Leon Noble , Mohd Kamran , Suman Majumdar , Chandra Shekhar Murmu , Raghunath Ghara , Garrelt Mellema , Ilian T. Iliev , Jonathan R. Pritchard

Interferometry of the cosmic 21-cm signal is set to revolutionize our understanding of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR), eventually providing 3D maps of the early Universe. Initial detections however will be low signal-to-noise, limited by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Emanuele Sobacchi , Andrei Mesinger , Bradley Greig

The Epoch of Reionization (EoR) is an uncharted era in our Universe's history during which the birth of the first stars and galaxies led to the ionization of neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium. There are many experiments…

The 21cm-galaxy cross-power spectrum is expected to be one of the promising probes of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR), as it could offer information about the progress of reionization and the typical scale of ionized regions at different…

The 21-cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) is expected to be detected in the next few years, either with existing instruments or by the upcoming SKA and HERA projects. In this context there is a pressing need for publicly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-18 Benoit Semelin , Evan Eames , Florian Bolgar , Michel Caillat

We study statistics of the 21-cm signal from the epoch of reionization. We propose to use [OIII] line emitting galaxies to cross-correlate with the 21-cm signal from $z = 7 - 10$. To this aim, we employ simulations of reionization obtained…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-11 K. Moriwaki , N. Yoshida , M. B. Eide , B. Ciardi

The light-cone effect breaks the periodicity and statistical homogeneity (ergodicity) along the line-of-sight direction of cosmological emission/absorption line surveys. The spherically averaged power spectrum (SAPS), which by definition…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-31 Rajesh Mondal , Garrelt Mellema , Steven G. Murray , Bradley Greig

Detecting $\rm H_I$ 21cm line in the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) suffers from foreground contamination such as Galactic synchrotron and extragalactic radio sources. Cross-correlation between the 21cm…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 Kenji Kubota , Akio. K. Inoue , Kenji Hasegawa , Keitaro Takahashi

The Epoch of Reionization (EoR) and Cosmic Dawn (CD) are pivotal stages during the first billion years of the universe, exerting a significant influence on the development of cosmic structure. The detection of the redshifted 21-cm signal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-14 Anshuman Tripathi , Abhirup Datta , Aishrila Mazumder , Suman Majumdar

We quantify the effect of radio frequency interference (RFI) on measurements of the 21-cm power spectrum during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Specifically, we investigate how the frequency structure of RFI source emission generates…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-09 Michael J. Wilensky , Nichole Barry , Miguel F. Morales , Bryna J. Hazelton , Ruby Byrne

Future high redshift 21-cm experiments will suffer from a high degree of contamination, due both to astrophysical foregrounds and to non-astrophysical and instrumental effects. In order to reliably extract the cosmological signal from the…