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The 21\,cm transition of neutral hydrogen is opening an observational window into the cosmic dawn of the universe---the epoch of first star formation. We use 28\,hr of data from the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Long Wavelength Array…

We investigate the effects of Population III (Pop III) stars and their remnants on the cosmological 21-cm global signal. By combining a semi-analytic model of Pop III star formation with a global 21-cm simulation code, we investigate how…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-12 Richard H. Mebane , Jordan Mirocha , Steven R. Furlanetto

The global 21 cm signal from Cosmic Dawn (CD) and the Epoch of Reionization (EoR), at redshifts $z \sim 6-30$, probes the nature of first sources of radiation as well as physics of the Inter-Galactic Medium (IGM). Given that the signal is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-25 Saurabh Singh , Ravi Subrahmanyan , N. Udaya Shankar , Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao , B. S. Girish , A. Raghunathan , R. Somashekar , K. S. Srivani

While the origin and composition of dark matter and dark energy remains unknown, it is possible that they might represent two manifestations of a single entity, as occurring in unified dark sector models. On the other hand, advances in our…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-02 Weiqiang Yang , Supriya Pan , Sunny Vagnozzi , Eleonora Di Valentino , David F. Mota , Salvatore Capozziello

The experiment to detect the global epoch of reionization signature (EDGES) collaboration reported the detection of a line at 78MHz in the sky-averaged spectrum due to neutral hydrogen (HI) 21-cm hyperfine absorption of cosmic microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-07 Matteo Leo , Tom Theuns , Carlton M. Baugh , Baojiu Li , Silvia Pascoli

The EDGES High-Band experiment aims to detect the sky-average brightness temperature of the $21$-cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) in the redshift range $14.8 \gtrsim z \gtrsim 6.5$. To probe this redshifted signal, EDGES…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Raul A. Monsalve , Alan E. E. Rogers , Judd D. Bowman , Thomas J. Mozdzen

Understanding the astrophysical nature of the first stars remains an unsolved problem in cosmology. The redshifted global 21-cm signal $({T}_{21})$ acts as a treasure trove to probe the cosmic dawn era -- when the intergalactic medium was…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-16 Vivekanand Mohapatra , Johnny J , Pravin Kumar Natwariya , Jishnu Goswami , Alekha C. Nayak

The Electromagnetically Isolated Global Signal Estimation Platform (EIGSEP) is a new instrument designed to measure the global 21-cm signal from Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of Reionization, redshifted to frequencies below 250 MHz. To reduce…

The EDGES collaboration reported the finding of an unexpectedly deep absorption in the radio background at 78 MHz and interpreted the dip as a first detection of redshifted 21-cm from Cosmic Dawn. We have attempted an alternate analysis,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-31 Saurabh Singh , Ravi Subrahmanyan

Cosmological measurements of the 21-cm line of neutral hydrogen are poised to dramatically enhance our understanding of the early universe. In particular, both the epochs of reionization and cosmic dawn remain largely uncharted, and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 Julian B. Muñoz , Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine

The Experiment to Detect the Global Epoch of Reionization 21 cm Signal (EDGES) has reported evidence for an absorption feature in the sky-averaged radio background near 78 MHz. A cosmological interpretation of this signal corresponds to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-30 Alexandra Nelander , Christopher Cain , Jordan C J DSilva , Peter H Sims , Rogier A Windhorst , Judd D Bowman

The Experiment to Detect the Global Epoch of Reionization Signature (EDGES) collaboration has reported the detection of an absorption feature in the sky-averaged spectrum at $\approx 78$ MHz. This signal has been interpreted as the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-27 J. Colin Hill , Eric J. Baxter

Within standard $\Lambda$CDM cosmology, Population III (Pop III) star formation in minihalos of mass $M_\mathrm{halo}\gtrsim 5\times10^5$ M$_\odot$ provides the first stellar sources of Lyman$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) photons. The Experiment to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-29 Anna T. P. Schauer , Boyuan Liu , Volker Bromm

The tentative detection by the EDGES experiment of a global 21-cm absorption trough centered at redshift 17 opens up the opportunity to study the birth of the first luminous sources, the intensity of radiation backgrounds at cosmic dawn,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Piero Madau

The exploration of the Cosmic Dawn, the period of the Universe during which the first stars and galaxies were formed, is one of the last frontiers of modern astronomy and cosmology. The redshifted 21-cm line emission from neutral hydrogen…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-22 F. G. Mertens , B. Semelin , L. V. E. Koopmans

The recent detection of an anomalously strong 21-cm signal of neutral hydrogen from Cosmic Dawn by the EDGES Low-Band radio experiment can be explained if cold dark matter particles scattered off the baryons draining excess energy from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-11 Anastasia Fialkov , Rennan Barkana , Aviad Cohen

Most of the current Global 21-cm experiments include ground screens that help moderate effects from the Earth. In this paper, we report on a possible systematic artifact within the ground plane that may produce broad absorption features in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-10 Richard F. Bradley , Keith Tauscher , David Rapetti , Jack O. Burns

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

Observations of the redshifted 21-cm line of atomic hydrogen have resulted in several upper limits on the 21-cm power spectrum and a tentative detection of the sky-averaged signal at $z\sim17$. Made with the EDGES Low-Band antenna, this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-02 H. T. J. Bevins , A. Fialkov , E. de Lera Acedo , W. J. Handley , S. Singh , R. Subrahmanyan , R. Barkana

The reported detection of the global 21-cm signal by the EDGES collaboration is significantly stronger than standard astrophysical predictions. One possible explanation is an early radio excess above the cosmic microwave background. Such a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-12 Sudipta Sikder , Rennan Barkana , Anastasia Fialkov , Itamar Reis