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Observations of 21-cm radio emission by neutral hydrogen at redshifts z ~ 0.5 to ~ 2.5 are expected to provide a sensitive probe of cosmic dark energy. This is particularly true around the onset of acceleration at z ~ 1, where traditional…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-22 Tzu-Ching Chang , Ue-Li Pen , Kevin Bandura , Jeffrey B. Peterson

An overview is given of the Permanent All Sky Survey (PASS) project. The primary goal of PASS is the detection of all transiting giant planets in the entire sky, complete for stellar systems of magnitudes ~ 5.5-10.5. Since the sample stars…

Multiple instruments are pursuing constraints on dark energy, observing reionization and opening a window on the dark ages through the detection and characterization of the 21cm hydrogen line across the redshift spectrum, from nearby to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-11 Daniel C. Jacobs , Jacob Burba , Judd Bowman , Abraham R. Neben , Benjamin Stinnett , Lauren Turner

Recent galaxy redshift surveys have brought in a large amount of accurate cosmological data out to redshift 0.3, and future surveys are expected to achieve a high degree of completeness out to a redshift exceeding 1. Consequently, a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Teresa Hui-Ching Lu , Charles Hellaby

Cosmic Dawn, the onset of star formation in the early universe, can in principle be studied via the 21cm transition of neutral hydrogen, for which a sky-averaged absorption signal, redshifted to MHz frequencies, is predicted to be {\it…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 M. Spinelli , G. Kyriakou , G. Bernardi , P. Bolli , L. J. Greenhill , A. Fialkov , H. Garsden

We investigate the feasibility of measuring weak gravitational lensing using 21cm intensity mapping with special emphasis on the performance of the planned Square Kilometre Array (SKA). We find that the current design for SKA-Mid should be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-04 A. Pourtsidou , R. Benton Metcalf

Interferometric arrays seeking to measure the 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization must contend with overwhelmingly bright emission from foreground sources. Accurate recovery of the 21 cm signal will require precise calibration of…

Recent results from the Experiment to Detect the Global Epoch of Reionization Signature (EDGES) show an anomalous spectral feature at redshifts $z\sim 15-20$ in its 21-cm absorption signal. This deviation from cosmological predictions can…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-08-01 D. Aristizabal Sierra , Chee Sheng Fong

We describe a new approach to studying the intergalactic and circumgalactic medium in the local Universe: direct detection through narrow-band imaging of ultra-low surface brightness visible-wavelength line emission. We use the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-29 Deborah Lokhorst , Roberto Abraham , Pieter van Dokkum , Nastasha Wijers , Joop Schaye

In the next few years, the 21cm line will enable direct observations of the Dark Ages, Cosmic Dawn, and Reionization, which represent previously unexplored periods in our cosmic history. With a combination of sky-averaged global signal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-20 Adrian Liu , H. Cynthia Chiang , Abigail Crites , Jonathan Sievers , Renée Hložek

Precise cosmological measurements are essential for understanding the evolution of the universe and the nature of dark energy. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the most sensitive single-dish radio telescope, has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-23 Jun-Da Pan , Peng-Ju Wu , Guo-Hong Du , Yichao Li , Xin Zhang

We are approaching a new era to probe the 21-cm neutral hydrogen signal from the period of cosmic dawn. This signal offers a unique window to the virgin Universe, e.g., to study dark matter models with different small-scale behaviours. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-21 Venno Vipp , Andi Hektor , Gert Hütsi

The cosmological reionization can be studied in the radio through the tomographic view offered by the redshifted 21-cm line and the integrated information carried out by the diffuse free-free emission, coupled to the Comptonization…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-23 T. Trombetti , C. Burigana

Building the radio sky template are crucial for detecting the 21 cm emission line signal from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR), as well as for other cosmological research endeavors. Utilizing data from the LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey (LoTSS)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-07 Jinyang Lin , Zhenghao Zhu , Renyi Ma , Anna Bonaldi , Huanyuan Shan

The cosmic "Dark Ages" is the period between the last scattering of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the appearance of the first luminous sources, spanning redshifts $1100\gtrsim z\gtrsim 30$. The only way to observe this period is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-15 Willow Smith , Jonathan C. Pober

The redshifted 21cm line of neutral hydrogen (HI), potentially observable at low radio frequencies (~50-200 MHz), should be a powerful probe of the physical conditions of the inter-galactic medium during Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of…

We have pioneered a new method for the measurement of extragalactic distances. This method uses the time-lag between variations in the short wavelength and long wavelength light from an active galactic nucleus (AGN), based on a quantitative…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Y. Yoshii , Y. Kobayashi , T. Minezaki , S. Koshida , B. A. Peterson

We propose a novel method to probe the global 21-cm background. This background experiences the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect (ISW) as the cosmic microwave background does. The 21-cm ISW is modulated by the spectral shape of the global…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-14 Kyungjin Ahn , Minji Oh

The potential use of the redshifted 21 cm line from neutral hydrogen for probing the epoch of reionization is motivating the construction of several low-frequency interferometers. There is also much interest in the possibility of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Jonathan R. Pritchard , Abraham Loeb

The measurement of the spatial fluctuations of the neutral hydrogen 21 cm signal arising during the Dark Ages and Cosmic Dawn periods of our Universe (z from 200 to 10) holds the potential to resolve these still-unexplored earliest phases…