Data analysis for precision 21 cm cosmology

A Liu, JR Shaw - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The redshifted 21 cm line is an emerging tool in cosmology, in principle permitting three-
dimensional surveys of our universe that reach unprecedentedly large volumes, previously …

Introducing the thesan project: radiation-magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the epoch of reionization

R Kannan, E Garaldi, A Smith, R Pakmor… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We introduce the thesan project, a suite of large volume () radiation-magnetohydrodynamic
simulations that simultaneously model the large-scale statistical properties of the …

Prospects for precision cosmology with the 21 cm signal from the dark ages

R Mondal, R Barkana - Nature Astronomy, 2023 - nature.com
The 21 cm signal from the dark ages provides a potential new probe of fundamental
cosmology. While exotic physics could be discovered, here we quantify the expected …

Improved constraints on the 21 cm EoR power spectrum and the X-ray heating of the IGM with HERA phase I observations

T Adams, JE Aguirre, P Alexander, ZS Ali… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the most sensitive upper limits to date on the 21 cm epoch of reionization power
spectrum using 94 nights of observing with Phase I of the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization …

First results from hera phase i: Upper limits on the epoch of reionization 21 cm power spectrum

Z Abdurashidova, JE Aguirre, P Alexander… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We report upper limits on the Epoch of Reionization 21 cm power spectrum at redshifts 7.9
and 10.4 with 18 nights of data (∼ 36 hr of integration) from Phase I of the Hydrogen Epoch …

Improved upper limits on the 21 cm signal power spectrum of neutral hydrogen at z ≈ 9.1 from LOFAR

FG Mertens, M Mevius, LVE Koopmans… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A new upper limit on the 21 cm signal power spectrum at a redshift of z≈ 9.1 is
presented, based on 141 h of data obtained with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR). The …

Cosmic reionization and early star-forming galaxies: A joint analysis of new constraints from Planck and the Hubble Space Telescope

BE Robertson, RS Ellis, SR Furlanetto… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We discuss new constraints on the epoch of cosmic reionization and test the assumption that
most of the ionizing photons responsible arose from high-redshift star-forming galaxies …

Hydrogen epoch of reionization array (HERA)

DR DeBoer, AR Parsons, JE Aguirre… - Publications of the …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) is a staged experiment to
measure 21 cm emission from the primordial intergalactic medium (IGM) throughout cosmic …

The impact of the first galaxies on cosmic dawn and reionization

JB Munoz, Y Qin, A Mesinger, SG Murray… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The formation of the first galaxies during cosmic dawn and reionization (at redshifts z= 5–
30), triggered the last major phase transition of our universe, as hydrogen evolved from cold …

Inferring the astrophysics of reionization and cosmic dawn from galaxy luminosity functions and the 21-cm signal

J Park, A Mesinger, B Greig… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The properties of the first galaxies, expected to drive the Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of
Reionization, are encoded in the 3D structure of the cosmic 21-cm signal. Parameter …