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Overview of 21cm Experiments at high redshift with SKAO
CD Science Working Group, Gianni Bernardi, Daniela Breitman +81
We provide an overview of the eight SKAO Science Book chapters that motivate the Epoch of Reionisation and Cosmic Dawn experiments with SKA-Low. We describe the individual SKA-Low…
POLAR-II: modeling star formation history of galaxies on the 21-cm signal from Epoch of Reionization
Qing-Bo Ma, Raghunath Ghara, Benedetta Ciardi +6
Galaxies may suffer some starburst and quenched periods in their history due to e.g. galaxy mergers and feedback. However, semi-numerical simulations of the Epoch of Reionization (…
Joint Bayesian Source and Lens Reconstruction for Multi-messenger Binary Black Holes
Laura Uronen, Tian Li, Justin Janquart +5
If a gravitational wave event is lensed by a cluster or galaxy in our line-of-sight, it is expected that its host galaxy would also be lensed. Therefore, connecting lensed gravitat…
The impact of lunar topography on the 21-cm power spectrum for grid-based arrays : Insights for the Dark-ages EXplorer (DEX)
S. Ghosh, L. V. E. Koopmans, C. Brinkerink +17
The Dark Ages (DA) provides a crucial window into the physics of the infant Universe, with the 21-cm signal offering the only direct probe for mapping out the three-dimensional dis…
Improved upper limits on the 21-cm signal power spectrum at and from an optimal field observed with NenuFAR
S. Munshi, F. G. Mertens, J. K. Chege +19
We report the deepest upper limits to date on the power spectrum of the 21-cm signal during the Cosmic Dawn (redshifts: ), using four nights of observations with NenuFAR. The…
Mitigating incoherent excess variance in high-redshift 21 cm observations with multi-output cross-Gaussian process regression
S. Munshi, L. V. E. Koopmans, F. G. Mertens +8
Systematic effects that limit the achievable sensitivity of current low-frequency radio telescopes to the 21 cm signal are among the foremost challenges in observational 21 cm cosm…
Constraints on the state of the IGM at using redshifted 21-cm observations with LOFAR
R. Ghara, S. Zaroubi, B. Ciardi +21
The power spectra of the redshifted 21-cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) contain information about the ionization and thermal states of the intergalactic medium (IGM),…
First upper limits on the 21-cm signal power spectrum of neutral hydrogen at from the LOFAR 3C196 field
E. Ceccotti, A. R. Offringa, F. G. Mertens +16
The redshifted 21-cm signal of neutral hydrogen from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) can potentially be detected using low-frequency radio instruments such as the Low-Frequency Arr…
Deeper multi-redshift upper limits on the Epoch of Reionization 21-cm signal power spectrum from LOFAR between z=8.3 and z=10.1
F. G. Mertens, M. Mevius, L. V. E. Koopmans +20
We present new upper limits on the 21-cm signal power spectrum from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR), at redshifts , based on reprocessed obse…
Broadband Polarized Radio Emission Detected from Starlink Satellites Below 100 MHz with NenuFAR
X. Zhang, P. Zarka, C. Viou +16
This study evaluates the impact of Starlink satellites on low-frequency radio astronomy below 100 MHz, focusing on challenges on data processing and scientific goals. We conducted…
Near-field imaging of local interference in radio interferometric data: Impact on the redshifted 21 cm power spectrum
S. Munshi, F. G. Mertens, L. V. E. Koopmans +24
Radio-frequency interference (RFI) is a major systematic limitation in radio astronomy, particularly for science cases requiring high sensitivity, such as 21 cm cosmology. Traditio…
The Dark Ages Explorer (DEX): a filled-aperture ultra-long wavelength radio interferometer on the lunar far side
C. D. Brinkerink, M. J. Arts, M. J. Bentum +21
The measurement of the spatial fluctuations of the neutral hydrogen 21 cm signal arising during the Dark Ages and Cosmic Dawn periods of our Universe (z from 200 to 10) holds the p…
The impact of diffuse Galactic emission on direction-independent gain calibration in high-redshift 21 cm observations
C. Höfer, L. V. E. Koopmans, S. A. Brackenhoff +7
This study examines the impact of diffuse Galactic emission (DGE) on sky-based direction-independent (DI) gain calibration using realistic forward simulations of Low-Frequency Arra…
Square Kilometre Array Science Data Challenge 3a: foreground removal for an EoR experiment
A. Bonaldi, P. Hartley, R. Braun +179
We present and analyse the results of the Science data challenge 3a (SDC3a, https://sdc3.skao.int/challenges/foregrounds), an EoR foreground-removal community-wide exercise organis…
Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). A probabilistic classification of quenched galaxies
Euclid Collaboration, P. Corcho-Caballero, Y. Ascasibar +318
Investigating what drives the quenching of star formation in galaxies is key to understanding their evolution. The Euclid mission will provide rich data from optical to infrared wa…
Optical+NIR analysis of a Newly Confirmed Einstein ring at z1 from the Kilo-Degree Survey: Dark matter fraction, total and dark matter density slope and IMF
Rui Li, Nicola R. Napolitano, Giuseppe D Ago +16
We report the spectroscopic confirmation of a bright blue Einstein ring in the Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS) footprint: the Einstein ``blue eye''. Spectroscopic data from X-Shooter at…
Spectral modelling of Cygnus A between 110 and 250 MHz. Impact on the LOFAR 21-cm signal power spectrum
E. Ceccotti, A. R. Offringa, L. V. E. Koopmans +15
Studying the redshifted 21-cm signal from the the neutral hydrogen during the Epoch of Reionization and Cosmic Dawn is fundamental for understanding the physics of the early univer…
Reducing false positives in strong lens detection through effective augmentation and ensemble learning
Samira Rezaei, Amirmohammad Chegeni, Bharath Chowdhary Nagam +4
This research studies the impact of high-quality training datasets on the performance of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) in detecting strong gravitational lenses. We stress th…
CASCO: Cosmological and AStrophysical parameters from Cosmological simulations and Observations III. The physics behind the emergence of the golden mass scale
C. Tortora, V. Busillo, N. R. Napolitano +5
We investigate the origin and evolution of the "golden mass" (halo mass , stellar mass ), linked to peak star f…
Automation of finding strong gravitational lenses in the Kilo Degree Survey with U-DenseLens (DenseLens + Segmentation)
Bharath Chowdhary Nagam, Léon V E Koopmans, Edwin A Valentijn +7
In the context of upcoming large-scale surveys like Euclid, the necessity for the automation of strong lens detection is essential. While existing machine learning pipelines heavil…
Extracting the Epoch of Reionization Signal with 3D U-Net Neural Networks Using Data-driven Systematic Effect Model
Li-Yang Gao, Léon V. E. Koopmans, Florent G. Mertens +11
Neutral hydrogen (HI) serves as a crucial probe for the Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Actual observations of the 21-cm signal often encounter challenges such as…
CASCO: Cosmological and AStrophysical parameters from Cosmological simulations and Observations -- II. Constraining cosmology and astrophysical processes with early- and late-type galaxies
Valerio Busillo, Crescenzo Tortora, Giovanni Covone +3
Physical processes impact galaxy formation and evolution in diverse ways, requiring validation of their implementation in cosmological simulations through comparisons with real dat…
Euclid: Searches for strong gravitational lenses using convolutional neural nets in Early Release Observations of the Perseus field
R. Pearce-Casey, B. C. Nagam, J. Wilde +204
The Euclid Wide Survey (EWS) is predicted to find approximately 170 000 galaxy-galaxy strong lenses from its lifetime observation of 14 000 deg^2 of the sky. Detecting this many le…
Using Convolutional Neural Networks to Search for Strongly Lensed Quasars in KiDS DR5
Zizhao He, Rui Li, Yiping Shu +13
Gravitationally strongly lensed quasars (SL-QSO) offer invaluable insights into cosmological and astrophysical phenomena. With the data from ongoing and next-generation surveys, th…