Publications (18)
Absolute Calibration Strategies for the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array and Their Impact on the 21 cm Power Spectrum
Nicholas S. Kern, Joshua S. Dillon, Aaron R. Parsons +69
We discuss absolute calibration strategies for Phase I of the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA), which aims to measure the cosmological 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Rei…
HI 21cm Cosmology and the Bi-spectrum: Closure Diagnostics in Massively Redundant Interferometric Arrays
C. L. Carilli, Bojan Nikolic, Nithyanandan Thyagarajan +62
New massively redundant low frequency arrays allow for a novel investigation of closure relations in interferometry. We employ commissioning data from the Hydrogen Epoch of Reioniz…
A Real Time Processing System for Big Data in Astronomy: Applications to HERA
Paul La Plante, Peter K. G. Williams, Matthew Kolopanis +72
As current- and next-generation astronomical instruments come online, they will generate an unprecedented deluge of data. Analyzing these data in real time presents unique conceptu…
Measuring HERA's primary beam in-situ: methodology and first results
Chuneeta D. Nunhokee, Aaron R. Parsons, Nicholas S. Kern +64
The central challenge in 21~cm cosmology is isolating the cosmological signal from bright foregrounds. Many separation techniques rely on the accurate knowledge of the sky and the…
First Results from HERA Phase I: Upper Limits on the Epoch of Reionization 21 cm Power Spectrum
The HERA Collaboration, Zara Abdurashidova, James E. Aguirre +74
We report upper-limits on the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) 21 cm power spectrum at redshifts 7.9 and 10.4 with 18 nights of data ( hours of integration) from Phase I of the…
The HERA-19 Commissioning Array: Direction Dependent Effects
Saul A. Kohn, James E. Aguirre, Paul La Plante +64
Foreground power dominates the measurements of interferometers that seek a statistical detection of highly-redshifted HI emission from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). The chromati…