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Line intensity mapping is a superb tool to study the collective radiation from early galaxies. However, the method is hampered by the presence of strong foregrounds, mostly produced by low-redshift interloping lines. We present here a…

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The nature of dark matter is a longstanding mystery in cosmology, which can be studied with laboratory or collider experiments, as well as astrophysical and cosmological observations. In this work, we propose realistic and efficient…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-15 José Luis Bernal , Andrea Caputo , Marc Kamionkowski

Line-intensity mapping (LIM) of emission from star-forming galaxies can be used to measure the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) scale as far back as the epoch of reionization. This provides a standard cosmic ruler to constrain the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 José Luis Bernal , Patrick C. Breysse , Ely D. Kovetz

We explore the possible application of linear covariance-based (LCB) filtering to line-intensity mapping (LIM) signal reconstructions. Originally introduced for reconstruction of the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect in the cosmic microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-10 Dongwoo T Chung

Next-generation spectroscopic surveys will map the large-scale structure of the observable universe, using emission line galaxies as tracers. While each survey will map the sky with a specific emission line, interloping emission lines can…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Anthony R. Pullen , Christopher M. Hirata , Olivier Dore , Alvise Raccanelli

Line intensity mapping (LIM) is a new technique for tracing the global properties of galaxies over cosmic time. Detection of the very faint signals from redshifted carbon monoxide (CO), a tracer of star formation, pushes the limits of what…

The line intensity mapping technique involves measuring the cumulative emission from specific spectral lines emitted by galaxies and intergalactic gas. This method provides a way to study the matter distribution and the evolution of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-30 Anirban Roy , Andrea Lapi

Context: Rotational CO transitions, while acting as a foreground for [C II] line-intensity mapping (LIM) experiments, trace the physical conditions of cold gas in galaxies at lower redshifts. Studying these transitions is also crucial for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Mathilde Van Cuyck , Matthieu Bethermin , Guilaine Lagache , Alexandre Beelen

The abundance of cold molecular gas plays a crucial role in models of galaxy evolution. While deep spectroscopic surveys of CO emission lines have been a primary tool for measuring this abundance, the difficulty of these observations has…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-30 Ryan P. Keenan , Garrett K. Keating , Daniel P. Marrone

We present a new estimator for the cross-correlation signal between line intensity maps to probe the Epoch of Reionization. The proposed estimator is the hitherto neglected antisymmetric component of the cross-correlation, under the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Gabriela Sato-Polito , José Luis Bernal , Ely D. Kovetz , Marc Kamionkowski

Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG) will shed light on the origin of primordial fluctuations and the physics of the early universe. The intensity mapping technique is a promising probe of structure formation on large scales; at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 Azadeh Moradinezhad Dizgah , Garrett K. Keating

We present a quantitative model of Lyman-alpha (Ly-alpha) emission throughout cosmic history and determine the prospects for intensity mapping of spatial fluctuations in the Ly-alpha signal. Since i) our model assumes at z>6 the minimum…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Anthony Pullen , Olivier Dore , Jamie Bock

Line-intensity mapping (LIM) is quickly attracting attention as an alternative technique to probe large-scale structure and galaxy formation and evolution at high redshift. LIM one-point statistics are motivated because they provide access…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-06 José Luis Bernal

Line Intensity Mapping (LIM) offers a novel avenue to observe and characterize our universe. LIM data of CO spectral lines are becoming available, such as those obtained by the CO Mapping Array Project (COMAP). COMAP data can be used to…

The intensity mapping of the [CII] 158um line redshifted to the sub-mm window is a promising probe of the z>4 star formation and its spatial distribution into the large-scale structure. To prepare the first-generation experiments (e.g.,…

We present a systematic study of the intensity mapping technique using updated models for the different emission lines from galaxies and identify which ones are more promising for cosmological studies of the post reionization epoch. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-25 José Fonseca , Marta B. Silva , Mário G. Santos , Asantha Cooray

This paper outlines the science case for line-intensity mapping with a space-borne instrument targeting the sub-millimeter (microwaves) to the far-infrared (FIR) wavelength range. Our goal is to observe and characterize the large-scale…

Intensity mapping of the neutral hydrogen (HI) is a new observational tool that can be used to efficiently map the large-scale structure of the Universe over wide redshift ranges. The power spectrum of the intensity maps contains…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 L. Wolz , C. Tonini , C. Blake , J. S. B. Wyithe

CONCERTO is the first experiment to perform a [CII] line intensity mapping survey to target $z>5.2$. Measuring the [CII] power spectrum allows us to study the role of dusty star-forming galaxies in the star formation history during the…

Line-intensity mapping (LIM) experiments coming online now will survey fluctuations in aggregate emission in the [C II] ionized carbon line from galaxies at the end of reionization. Experimental progress must be matched by theoretical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-18 Patrick Horlaville , Dongwoo T. Chung , J. Richard Bond , Lichen Liang