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20242026
collaborators

7 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

Dark ages bounds on non-accreting massive compact halo objects

Vivekanand Mohapatra, Alekha C. Nayak

We derive a complementary cosmological upper bound on the fraction of dark matter residing inside massive compact halo objects (MACHOs) using the cosmic dawn and dark ages global 2…

astro-ph.CO2025

Cosmological bounds on dark matter annihilation using dark ages 21-cm signal

Vivekanand Mohapatra

We investigate the impact of dark matter (DM) annihilation on the global 21-cm signal during the dark ages and cosmic dawn eras. The 21-cm line provides a complementary probe for s…

astro-ph.CO2025

Revisiting constraints on superconducting cosmic strings in light of Dark Ages global 21-cm signal

Shibsankar Si, Vivekanand Mohapatra, Pravin kumar Natwariya +1

The Superconducting Cosmic Strings (SCS) are a special case of cosmic strings that have a core carrying a charged field. When SCS passes through magnetized regions, the charged par…

astro-ph.CO2025

Axion-Photon Conversion In Magnetized Universe: Impact On The Global 21-cm Signal

Pravin Kumar Natwariya, Vivekanand Mohapatra, Hriditi Howlader

The reported anomalous global 21-cm signal from the cosmic dawn era by Experiment to Detect the Global Epoch of Reionisation Signature (EDGES) could hint towards new phy…

astro-ph.CO2025

Bounds on decaying sterile neutrinos via magnetic dipole moment from COB intensity

Hriditi Howlader, Vivekanand Mohapatra, Alekha C. Nayak +1

A recent observation by Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) mounted on NASA's New Horizons yielded the most accurate measurement of the cosmic optical background (COB). The re…

astro-ph.CO2025

In Search of Global 21-cm Signal using Artificial Neural Network in light of ARCADE 2

Vivekanand Mohapatra, Johnny J, Pravin Kumar Natwariya +2

Understanding the astrophysical nature of the first stars remains an unsolved problem in cosmology. The redshifted global 21-cm signal acts as a treasure trove to prob…