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The multi-tracer technique employs a ratio of densities of two differently biased galaxy samples that trace the same underlying matter density field, and was proposed to alleviate the cosmic variance problem. Here we propose a novel…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Anastasia Fialkov , Rennan Barkana , Matt Jarvis

The neutral hydrogen (HI) and its 21 cm line are promising probes to the reionization process of the intergalactic medium (IGM). To use this probe effectively, it is imperative to have a good understanding on how the neutral hydrogen traces…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 Wenxiao Xu , Yidong Xu , Bin Yue , Ilian T Iliev , Hy Trac , Liang Gao , Xuelei Chen

The 21-cm hyperfine line of neutral hydrogen is a useful tool to probe the conditions of the Universe during the Dark Ages, Cosmic Dawn, and the Epoch of Reionisation. In most of the current calculations, the 21-cm line signals at given…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-23 Jennifer Y. H. Chan , Qin Han , Kinwah Wu , Jason D. McEwen

Foreground emission makes it difficult to detect the highly-redshifted cosmological 21 cm signal at any frequency. However, at low frequencies foregrounds are likely to become optically thick, which would make it completely impossible to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 Daniya Seitova , Jonathan C. Pober

We use high resolution hydrodynamical simulations to study the contribution to the X-ray background from high-$z$ energetic sources, such as X-ray binaries, accreting nuclear black holes and shock heated interstellar medium. Adopting the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-25 Q. Ma , B. Ciardi , M. B. Eide , K. Helgason

The redshifted 21-cm signal from neutral hydrogen (HI) in the intergalactic medium (IGM) is a powerful probe of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Owing to the complex growth and morphology of ionized regions, the 21-cm brightness-temperature…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Vishrut Pandya , Leon Noble , Suman Majumdar , Debanjan Sarkar , Mohd Kamran , Abhirup Datta

The upcoming Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will produce images of neutral hydrogen distribution during the epoch of reionization by observing the corresponding 21-cm signal. However, the 21-cm signal will be subject to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-29 Michele Bianco , Sambit. K. Giri , David Prelogović , Tianyue Chen , Florent G. Mertens , Emma Tolley , Andrei Mesinger , Jean-Paul Kneib

The redshifted 21-cm signal of neutral Hydrogen is a promising probe into the period of evolution of our Universe when the first stars were formed (Cosmic Dawn), to the period where the entire Universe changed its state from being…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-26 Madhurima Choudhury , Atrideb Chatterjee , Abhirup Datta , Tirthankar Roy Choudhury

Deep surveys have recently discovered galaxies at the tail end of the epoch of reionization. In the near future, these discoveries will be complemented by a new generation of low-frequency radio observatories that will map the distribution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Stuart Wyithe , Avi Loeb

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) 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

One of the most promising ways to study the epoch of reionization (EoR) is through radio observations of the redshifted 21-cm line emission from neutral hydrogen. These observations are complicated by the fact that the mapping of redshifts…

We present predictions for the 21 cm brightness temperature power spectrum during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). We discuss the implications of the "light cone" effect, which incorporates evolution of the neutral hydrogen fraction and 21…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-04 Paul La Plante , Nicholas Battaglia , Aravind Natarajan , Jeffrey B. Peterson , Hy Trac , Renyue Cen , Abraham Loeb

BayesEoR is a GPU-accelerated, MPI-compatible Python package for estimating the power spectrum of redshifted 21-cm emission from interferometric observations of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Utilizing a Bayesian framework, BayesEoR…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-23 Peter H. Sims , Jacob Burba , Jonathan C. Pober

Redshifted 21cm signal is a promising tool to investigate the state of intergalactic medium (IGM) in the Cosmic Dawn (CD) and Epoch of Reionization(EoR). In our previous work (Shimabukuro et al 2015), we studied the variance and skewness to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-08 Hayato Shimabukuro , Shintaro Yoshiura , Keitaro Takahashi , Shuichiro Yokoyama , Kiyotomo Ichiki

Detection of the \hi~ 21-cm power spectrum is one of the key science drivers of several ongoing and upcoming low-frequency radio interferometers. However, the major challenge in such observations come from bright foregrounds, whose accurate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-29 Madhurima Choudhury , Abhirup Datta , Suman Majumdar

21cm tomography opens a window to directly study astrophysics and fundamental physics of early epochs in our Universe's history, the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) and Cosmic Dawn (CD). Summary statistics such as the power spectrum omit…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 S. Neutsch , C. Heneka , M. Brüggen

The key challenge in the observation of the redshifted 21-cm signal from cosmic reionization is its separation from the much brighter foreground emission. Such separation relies on the different spectral properties of the two components,…

Numerous experiments have been designed to investigate the Cosmic Dawn (CD) and Epoch of Reionization (EoR) by examining redshifted 21-cm emissions from neutral hydrogen. Detecting the global spectrum of redshifted 21-cm signals is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-08 Feiyu Zhao , Quan Guo , Qian Zheng , Ruxi Liang , Pengfei Zhang , Yajun Wu , Junhua Gu , Zhao Yang , Yun Yu , Yan Huang , Tianyang Liu

Tomography of redshifted 21 cm transition from neutral Hydrogen using Fourier synthesis telescopes is a promising tool to study the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Limiting the confusion from Galactic and Extragalactic foregrounds is critical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Harish Vedantham , N. Udaya Shankar , Ravi Subrahmanyan