Detecting the non-Gaussianity of the 21-cm signal during reionisation with the Wavelet Scattering Transform

Abstract

Detecting the 21-cm hyperfine transition from neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium is our best probe for understanding the astrophysical processes driving the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR). The primary means for a detection of this 21-cm signal is through a statistical measurement of the spatial fluctuations using the 21-cm power spectrum (PS). However, the 21-cm signal is non-Gaussian meaning the PS, which only measures the Gaussian fluctuations, is sub-optimal for characterising all of the available information. The upcoming Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will perform a deep, 1000 hr observation over 100 deg${.}^2$ specifically designed to recover direct images of the 21-cm signal. In this work, we use the Wavelet Scattering Transform (WST) to extract the non-Gaussian information directly from these two-dimensional images of the 21-cm signal. The key advantage of the WST is its stability with respect to statistical noise for measuring non-Gaussian information, unlike the bispectrum whose statistical noise diverges. We introduce a novel method to isolate this non-Gaussian information from mock 21-cm images and demonstrate its detection at 150 (177)~MHz ($z\sim 8.5$ and $\sim 7$) for a fiducial model with signal-to-noise of $\sim$5~(8) assuming perfect foreground removal and $\sim 2$~(3) assuming foreground wedge avoidance.

17 pages, 10 figures and 1 table. Submitted to MNRAS, comments welcome

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