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Intensity mapping (IM) with neutral hydrogen is a promising avenue to probe the large scale structure of the Universe. In this paper, we demonstrate that using the 64-dish MeerKAT radio telescope as a connected interferometer, it is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-28 Sourabh Paul , Mario G. Santos , Junaid Townsend , Matt J. Jarvis , Natasha Maddox , Jordan D. Collier , Bradley S. Frank , Russ Taylor

Line intensity mapping provides a statistical approach to tracing the large-scale distribution of matter in the Universe. We apply the HI intensity mapping technique to interferometric data from the MeerKAT International GHz-Tiered…

We present the first results of the HI intensity mapping power spectrum analysis with the MeerKAT International GigaHertz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration (MIGHTEE) survey. We use data covering $\sim$4 square degrees in the COSMOS field…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-13 Aishrila Mazumder , Laura Wolz , Zhaoting Chen , Sourabh Paul , Mario Santos , Matt Jarvis , Junaid Townsend , Srikrishna Sekhar , Russ Taylor

Neutral hydrogen (HI) intensity mapping (IM) surveys are considered a promising tool for investigating the expansion history of the Universe. In this work, we explore the potential of MeerKAT HI IM observations in interferometer mode to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-25 Ming Zhang , Yichao Li , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

We present a simulation-based framework to forecast the HI power spectrum on non-linear scales ($k\gtrsim 1\ {\rm Mpc^{-1}}$), as measured by interferometer arrays like MeerKAT in the low-redshift ($z\leq 1.0$) universe. Building on a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-03 Zhixing Li , Laura Wolz , Hong Guo , Steven Cunnington , Yi Mao

The first direct measurements of the HI intensity mapping power spectrum were recently made using the MeerKAT telescope. These measurements are on nonlinear scales, at redshifts 0.32 and 0.44. We develop a formalism for modelling…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-17 Hamsa Padmanabhan , Roy Maartens , Obinna Umeh , Stefano Camera

We report the first direct detection of the cosmological power spectrum using the intensity signal from 21-cm emission of neutral hydrogen (HI), derived from interferometric observations with the L-band receivers of the new MeerKAT radio…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-31 Sourabh Paul , Mario G. Santos , Zhaoting Chen , Laura Wolz

Removing contaminants is a delicate, yet crucial step in neutral hydrogen (HI) intensity mapping and often considered the technique's greatest challenge. Here, we address this challenge by analysing HI intensity maps of about $100$ deg$^2$…

We present the HI emission project within the MIGHTEE survey, currently being carried out with the newly commissioned MeerKAT radio telescope. This is one of the first deep, blind, medium-wide interferometric surveys for neutral hydrogen…

We present a detection of correlated clustering between MeerKAT radio intensity maps and galaxies from the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey. We find a $7.7\sigma$ detection of the cross-correlation power spectrum, the amplitude of which is…

A goal for pathfinder intensity mapping (IM) surveys will be detecting features in the neutral hydrogen (HI) power spectrum, which serve as conclusive evidence of cosmological signals. Observing such features at the expected scales in HI IM…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-25 Steven Cunnington

Neutral Hydrogen Intensity Mapping (HI IM) surveys will be a powerful new probe of cosmology. However, strong astrophysical foregrounds contaminate the signal and their coupling with instrumental systematics further increases the data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-03 Marta Spinelli , Isabella P. Carucci , Steven Cunnington , Stuart E. Harper , Melis O. Irfan , José Fonseca , Alkistis Pourtsidou , Laura Wolz

The bispectrum is a 3-point statistic with the potential to provide additional information beyond power spectra analyses of survey datasets. Radio telescopes which broadly survey the 21cm emission from neutral hydrogen (HI) are a promising…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-11 Steven Cunnington , Catherine Watkinson , Alkistis Pourtsidou

We present a new halo model of neutral hydrogen (HI) calibrated to galaxy formation simulations at redshifts $z\sim0.1$ and $z\sim1.0$ that we employ to investigate the constraining power of interferometric HI intensity mapping on HI…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-23 Zhaoting Chen , Laura Wolz , Marta Spinelli , Steven G. Murray

Cross-correlating neutral hydrogen (HI) 21cm intensity mapping with galaxy surveys provides an effective probe of astrophysical and cosmological information. This work presents a cross-correlation analysis between MeerKAT single-dish HI…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-12 Yu-Er Jiang , Yan Gong , Qi Xiong , Wenxiang Pei , Yun Liu , Furen Deng , Zi-yan Yuwen , Meng Zhang , Xingchen Zhou , Xuelei Chen , Yin-Zhe Ma , Qi Guo , Bin Yue

21cm intensity mapping experiments aim to observe the diffuse neutral hydrogen (HI) distribution on large scales which traces the Cosmic structure. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will have the capacity to measure the 21cm signal over a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-19 Laura Wolz , Filipe B. Abdalla , David Alonso , Chris Blake , Philip Bull , Tzu-Ching Chang , Pedro G. Ferreira , Cheng-Yu Kuo , Marios G. Santos , Richard Shaw

One of the most promising probes to complement current standard cosmological surveys is the HI intensity map, i.e. the distribution of temperature fluctuations in neutral hydrogen. In this paper we present calculations of the 2-point…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-24 Anut Sangka , David Bacon

The future of precision cosmology could benefit from cross-correlations between intensity maps of unresolved neutral hydrogen (HI) and more conventional optical galaxy surveys. A major challenge that needs to be overcome is removing the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-17 Steven Cunnington , Laura Wolz , Alkistis Pourtsidou , David Bacon

Cross-correlating the data of neutral hydrogen (HI) 21cm intensity mapping with galaxy surveys is an effective method to extract astrophysical and cosmological information. In this work, we investigate the cross-correlation of MeerKAT…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Yuer Jiang , Yan Gong , Meng Zhang , Qi Xiong , Xingchen Zhou , Furen Deng , Xuelei Chen , Yin-Zhe Ma , Bin Yue

The post-reionization $(z \le 6)$ neutral hydrogen (HI) 21-cm intensity mapping signal holds the potential to probe the large scale structures, study the expansion history and constrain various cosmological parameters. Here we apply the…

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