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most citedHint of a truncated primordial spectrum from the CMB large-scale anomalies

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astro-ph.CO2024★ 2 cited

Exploring the effect of different cosmologies on the Epoch of Reionization 21-cm signal with POLAR

Anshuman Acharya, Qing-bo Ma, Sambit K. Giri +8

A detection of the 21-cm signal power spectrum from the Epoch of Reionization is imminent, thanks to consistent advancements from telescopes such as LOFAR, MWA, and HERA, along wit…

astro-ph.CO2024

Inferring IGM parameters from the redshifted 21-cm Power Spectrum using Artificial Neural Networks

Madhurima Choudhury, Raghunath Ghara, Saleem Zaroubi +8

The high redshift 21-cm signal promises to be a crucial probe of the state of the intergalactic medium (IGM). Understanding the connection between the observed 21-cm power spectrum…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 10 cited

Probing the intergalactic medium during the Epoch of Reionization using 21-cm signal power spectra

Raghunath Ghara, Abinash Kumar Shaw, Saleem Zaroubi +9

The redshifted 21-cm signal from the epoch of reionization (EoR) directly probes the ionization and thermal states of the intergalactic medium during that period. In particular, th…

astro-ph.CO2023

21-cm Signal from the Epoch of Reionization: A Machine Learning upgrade to Foreground Removal with Gaussian Process Regression

Anshuman Acharya, Florent Mertens, Benedetta Ciardi +7

In recent years, a Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) based framework has been developed for foreground mitigation from data collected by the LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR), to measure…

astro-ph.CO2023

Cosmic variance suppression in radiation-hydrodynamic modeling of the reionization-era 21-cm signal

Anshuman Acharya, Enrico Garaldi, Benedetta Ciardi +1

The 21-cm line emitted by neutral hydrogen is the most promising probe of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Multiple radio interferometric instruments are on the cusp of detecting i…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 5 cited

Skew spectrum and smoothed skewness of 21-cm signals from epoch of reionization

Qing-Bo Ma, Ling Peng

Due to the non-linear ionizing and heating processes, the 21-cm signals from epoch of reionization (EoR) are expected to have strong non-Gaussian fluctuations. In this paper, we us…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 16 cited

POLAR -- I: linking the 21-cm signal from the epoch of reionization to galaxy formation

Qing-Bo Ma, Raghunath Ghara, Benedetta Ciardi +5

To self-consistently model galactic properties, reionization of the intergalactic medium, and the associated 21-cm signal, we have developed the algorithm polar by integrating the…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 9 cited

A CRASH simulation of the contribution of binary stars to the epoch of reionization

Qing-Bo Ma, Silvia Fiaschi, Benedetta Ciardi +2

We use a set of 3D radiative transfer simulations to study the effect that a large fraction of binary stars in galaxies during the epoch of reionization has on the physical propert…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 23 cited

Hint of a truncated primordial spectrum from the CMB large-scale anomalies

Fulvio Melia, Qingbo Ma, Jun-Jie Wei +1

Several satellite missions have uncovered a series of potential anomalies in the fluctuation spectrum of the cosmic microwave background temperature, including: (1) an unexpectedly…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 19 cited

Investigating X-ray sources during the epoch of reionization with the 21 cm signal

Qing-Bo Ma, Benedetta Ciardi, Marius B. Eide +3

Heating of neutral gas by energetic sources is crucial for the prediction of the 21 cm signal during the epoch of reionization (EoR). To investigate differences induced on statisti…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 11 cited

Probing the high-z IGM with the hyperfine transition of He

Shivan Khullar, Qingbo Ma, Philipp Busch +3

The hyperfine transition of He at 3.5cm has been thought as a probe of the high-z IGM since it offers a unique insight into the evolution of the helium component of the gas…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 9 cited

Observing the redshifted 21 cm signal around a bright QSO at

Qing-Bo Ma, Benedetta Ciardi, Koki Kakiichi +3

We use hydrodynamics and radiative transfer simulations to study the 21~cm signal around a bright QSO at . Due to its powerful UV and X-ray radiation, the QSO quickly in…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 20 cited

X-ray background and its correlation with the 21 cm signal

Q. Ma, B. Ciardi, M. B. Eide +1

We use high resolution hydrodynamical simulations to study the contribution to the X-ray background from high- energetic sources, such as X-ray binaries, accreting nuclear black…