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The advent of a new generation of low frequency interferometers has opened a direct window into the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR). However, key to a detection of the faint 21-cm signal, and reaching the sensitivity limits of these arrays, is…

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Radiometers are crucial instruments in radio astronomy, forming the primary component of nearly all radio telescopes. They measure the intensity of electromagnetic radiation, converting this radiation into electrical signals. A radiometer's…

The 21 cm transition from neutral Hydrogen promises to be the best observational probe of the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR). This has led to the construction of low-frequency radio interferometric arrays, such as the Hydrogen Epoch of…

We highlight recent progress in the sophistication and diversification of cosmic dawn and reionization simulations. The application of these modeling tools to current observations has allowed us narrow down the timing of reionization, which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 Andrei Mesinger

Understanding properties of the first sources in the Universe using the redshifted \HI ~21-cm signal is one of the major aims of present and upcoming low-frequency experiments. We investigate the possibility of imaging the redshifted 21-cm…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Raghunath Ghara , T. Roy Choudhury , Kanan K. Datta , Samir Choudhuri

Low-frequency radio observatories are reaching unprecedented levels of sensitivity in an effort to detect the 21 cm signal from the Cosmic Dawn. High precision is needed because the expected signal is overwhelmed by foreground…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 Adam E. Lanman , Steven G. Murray , Daniel C. Jacobs

The observations of the redshifted 21-cm signal from neutral hydrogen are a promising probe for understanding the Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR). One of the primary obstacles to the statistical detection of the Cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-22 Eeshan Beohar , Abhirup Datta , Anshuman Tripathi , Samit Kumar Pal , Rashmi Sagar

We study the impact of sky-based calibration errors from source mismodeling on 21\,cm power spectrum measurements with an interferometer and propose a method for suppressing their effects. While emission from faint sources that are not…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-26 Aaron Ewall-Wice , Joshua S. Dillon , Adrian Liu , Jacqueline Hewitt

We use information theory to derive fundamental limits on the capacity to calibrate next-generation radio interferometers, and measure parameters of point sources for instrument calibration, point source subtraction, and data deconvolution.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-11 Cathryn M. Trott , Randall B. Wayth , Steven J. Tingay

Precise instrument calibration is critical to the success of 21 cm Cosmology experiments. Unmitigated errors in calibration contaminate the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) signal, precluding a detection. Barry et al. 2016 characterizes one…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-24 Ruby Byrne , Miguel F. Morales , Bryna Hazelton , Wenyang Li , Nichole Barry , Adam P. Beardsley , Ronniy Joseph , Jonathan Pober , Ian Sullivan , Cathryn Trott

We present here 21 cm predictions from high dynamic range simulations for a range of reionization histories that have been tested against available Lyman-alpha and CMB data. We assess the observability of the predicted spatial 21 cm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-13 Girish Kulkarni , Tirthankar Roy Choudhury , Ewald Puchwein , Martin G. Haehnelt

Detection of redshifted \ion{H}{i} 21-cm emission is a potential probe for investigating the Universe's first billion years. However, given the significantly brighter foreground, detecting 21-cm is observationally difficult. The Earth's…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-30 Anshuman Tripathi , Abhirup Datta , Madhurima Choudhury , Suman Majumdar

The 21 cm signal from cosmic hydrogen is one of the most propitious probes of the early Universe. The detection of this signal would reveal key information about the first stars, the nature of dark matter, and early structure formation. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-07 Joe H. N. Pattison , Dominic J. Anstey , Eloy de Lera Acedo

The sky-averaged brightness temperature of the 21cm line from neutral hydrogen provides a sensitive probe of the thermal state of the intergalactic medium, particularly before and during Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of Reionisation. This…

The measurement of the $21$ cm signal from the Cosmic Dawn is a major goal for several existing and upcoming radio interferometers such as NenuFAR and the SKA. During this era before the beginning of the Epoch of Reionization, the signal is…

The cosmic 21 cm signal is set to revolutionise our understanding of the early Universe, allowing us to probe the 3D temperature and ionisation structure of the intergalactic medium (IGM). It will open a window onto the unseen first…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 Bradley Greig , Andrei Mesinger

New low frequency radio telescopes currently being built open up the possibility of observing the 21-cm radiation before the Epoch of Reionization in the future, in particular at redshifts 200 > z > 30, also known as the dark ages. At these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-03 Rishi Khatri , Benjamin D. Wandelt

Upcoming observations of the 21-cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization will soon provide the first direct detection of this era. This signal is influenced by many astrophysical effects, including long range X-ray heating of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-03 Hannah E. Ross , Keri L. Dixon , Ilian T. Iliev , Garrelt Mellema

Current and upcoming radio interferometric experiments are aiming to make a statistical characterization of the high-redshift 21cm fluctuation signal spanning the hydrogen reionization and X-ray heating epochs of the universe. However,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-19 Nicholas S. Kern , Adrian Liu , Aaron R. Parsons , Andrei Mesinger , Bradley Greig

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