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most citedReionization and the Cosmic Dawn with the Square Kilometre Array

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astro-ph.CO2021★ 2 cited

Epoch of Reionization Power Spectrum Limits from Murchison Widefield Array Data Targeted at EoR1 Field

M. Rahimi, B. Pindor, J. L. B. Line +28

Current attempts to measure the 21cm Power Spectrum of neutral hydrogen during the Epoch of Reionization are limited by systematics which produce measured upper limits above both t…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 67 cited

A new MWA limit on the 21 cm Power Spectrum at Redshifts 13 17

S. Yoshiura, B. Pindor, J. L. B. Line +29

Observations in the lowest MWA band between MHz have the potential to constrain the distribution of neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium at redshift .…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 10 cited

The Impact of Tandem Redundant/Sky-Based Calibration in MWA Phase II Data Analysis

Zheng Zhang, Jonathan C. Pober, Wenyang Li +26

Precise instrumental calibration is of crucial importance to 21-cm cosmology experiments. The Murchison Widefield Array's (MWA) Phase II compact configuration offers us opportuniti…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 15 cited

The Impact of Realistic Foreground and Instrument Models on 21cm Epoch of Reionization Experiments

Ainulnabilah Nasirudin, Steven Murray, Cathryn Trott +3

Predictions for the ability of 21-cm interferometric experiments to discriminate Epoch of Reionization (EoR) signal models are typically limited by the simplicity of data models, w…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 224 cited

Deep multi-redshift limits on Epoch of Reionisation 21cm Power Spectra from Four Seasons of Murchison Widefield Array Observations

Cathryn M. Trott, C. H. Jordan, S. Midgley +33

We compute the spherically-averaged power spectrum from four seasons of data obtained for the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) project observed with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA).…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 98 cited

First Season MWA Phase II EoR Power Spectrum Results at Redshift 7

W. Li, J. C. Pober, N. Barry +44

The compact configuration of Phase II of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) consists of both a redundant subarray and pseudo-random baselines, offering unique opportunities to per…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 32 cited

Calibration and 21-cm Power Spectrum Estimation in the Presence of Antenna Beam Variations

Ronniy C. Joseph, C. M. Trott, R. B. Wayth +1

Detecting a signal from the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) requires an exquisite understanding of galactic and extra-galactic foregrounds, low frequency radio instruments, instrumenta…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 141 cited

Improving the Epoch of Reionization Power Spectrum Results from Murchison Widefield Array Season 1 Observations

N. Barry, M. Wilensky, C. M. Trott +27

Measurements of 21 cm Epoch of Reionization (EoR) structure are subject to systematics originating from both the analysis and the observation conditions. Using 2013 data from the M…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 35 cited

Science with the Murchison Widefield Array: Phase I Results and Phase II Opportunities

A. P. Beardsley, M. Johnston-Hollitt, C. M. Trott +56

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is an open access telescope dedicated to studying the low frequency (80300 MHz) southern sky. Since beginning operations in mid 2013, the MWA…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 32 cited

Gridded and direct Epoch of Reionisation bispectrum estimates using the Murchison Widefield Array

Cathryn M. Trott, Catherine A. Watkinson, Christopher H. Jordan +42

We apply two methods to estimate the 21~cm bispectrum from data taken within the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) project of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). Using data acquired wit…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 7 cited

Robust statistics toward detection of the 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionisation

Cathryn M. Trott, Shih Ching Fu, Steven Murray +26

We explore methods for robust estimation of the 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR). A Kernel Density Estimator (KDE) is introduced for measuring the spatial temperat…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 96 cited

Fundamental Limitations on the Calibration of Redundant 21 cm Cosmology Instruments and Implications for HERA and the SKA

Ruby Byrne, Miguel F. Morales, Bryna Hazelton +7

Precise instrument calibration is critical to the success of 21 cm Cosmology experiments. Unmitigated errors in calibration contaminate the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) signal, prec…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 41 cited

The Bias and Uncertainty of Redundant and Sky-Based Calibration under Realistic Sky and Telescope Conditions

Ronniy C. Joseph, Cathryn M. Trott, Randall B. Wayth

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 sign…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 57 cited

Comparing Redundant and Sky Model Based Interferometric Calibration: A First Look with Phase II of the MWA

W. Li, J. C. Pober, B. J. Hazelton +53

Interferometric arrays seeking to measure the 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization must contend with overwhelmingly bright emission from foreground sources. Accurate recover…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 341 cited

Reionization and the Cosmic Dawn with the Square Kilometre Array

Garrelt Mellema, León Koopmans, Filipe Abdalla +25

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will have a low frequency component (SKA-low) which has as one of its main science goals the study of the redshifted 21cm line from the earliest ph…