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most citedFundamental Physics with the Square Kilometre Array

385 citations · 2.1k across the 50 of their papers we have counts for

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54 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

Generalised Visibility ILC: a new foreground mitigation strategy for interferometric HI intensity mapping in the low-redshift Universe

M. Ruiz-Granda, A. Mazumder, L. Wolz +3

HI intensity mapping is a powerful probe of the large-scale matter distribution and of the underlying astrophysics and cosmology. However, its application is limited by the challen…

astro-ph.GA2026

Optical Counterparts of MeerKLASS L-band and UHF-band surveys

M. Klein, S. Mangla, J. Mohr +7

Context: Wide-area radio continuum surveys require reliable optical and infrared counterpart identification, but high optical source densities and extended or multi-component radio…

astro-ph.CO2026

Overview: Cosmology with the SKAO

Marta Spinelli, Ian Harrison, Richard A. Battye +5

The SKA telescopes will revolutionise our ability to do cosmology at radio wavelengths, via both their own data and in synergy with other wavelengths. SKAO will be the first instru…

astro-ph.CO2026

Cosmology with HI Intensity Mapping

Laura Wolz, Gabriele Autieri, José Luis Bernal +18

The redshifted spectral emission from neutral hydrogen (HI) at rest wavelength 21 cm can be used as a tracer of large-scale structure and its evolution. Within the HI intensity map…

astro-ph.CO2026

meer21cm: an Analysis Pipeline and Comprehensive Toolkit for HI Intensity Mapping

Zhaoting Chen, Steven Cunnington, Daniel Tassie +23

We present meer21cm, a comprehensive python package for cosmological data analysis of single-dish HI intensity mapping surveys. This package is simple to use, with a modularised co…

astro-ph.CO2026

Methodological Frontiers in 21-cm Intensity Mapping: the Treatment of Systematics and Foreground Contamination

Marta Spinelli, Matilde Barberi-Squarotti, José Luis Bernal +29

The distribution of neutral hydrogen (HI) in the post-reionization universe traces the cosmic large-scale structure and therefore serves as a powerful cosmological probe. An effici…

astro-ph.IM2026

Fast Simultaneous Surveys with On-the-Fly Mapping

Suman Chatterjee, Sarvesh Mangla, Sourabh Paul +10

The SKAO is a next-generation radio telescope that will transform our understanding of the formation and evolution of radio galaxies, quasars, transients, and other cosmic sources.…

astro-ph.CO2026

Single-dish HI Intensity Mapping with the SKAO: Precursor Progress with MeerKAT's Large Area Synoptic Survey (MeerKLASS)

Steven Cunnington, Jingying Wang, Mario G. Santos +16

Using the SKAO to map the intensity of neutral hydrogen's 21cm emission line will be a golden opportunity to constrain models of cosmology. To access the largest cosmological scale…

astro-ph.CO2026

Observational Frontiers in the post-EoR 21-cm Intensity Mapping: Lessons from the SKA Pathfinders

Khandakar Md Asif Elahi, Somnath Bharadwaj, Philip Bull +21

The 21-cm line from neutral hydrogen has long been recognised as a promising tracer of the large-scale structure of the Universe. The line is weak however, making individual galaxy…

astro-ph.CO2026

Interferometric HI Intensity Mapping of the Late Time Universe with SKA-Mid

Aishrila Mazumder, Zhaoting Chen, Junaid Townsend +6

We discuss the progress towards using the SKA-Mid for interferometric neutral hydrogen (HI) intensity mapping surveys. By mapping the distribution of cosmic HI distribution through…

astro-ph.CO2026

Tracing Large-scale Structure with the MeerKLASS On-the-Fly Survey: Angular Clustering of Radio Sources at 816 MHz

Sourabh Paul, Suman Chatterjee, Keith Grainge +8

We present the first measurement of the angular two-point correlation function \(w(θ)\) of radio sources from the MeerKAT Large Area Synoptic Survey (MeerKLASS) UHF on-the-fly (OTF…

astro-ph.GA2026

Measurements of the HI intensity mapping power spectrum at low redshifts with MIGHTEE data: comparison with detected HI galaxies

Junaid Townsend, Mario G. Santos, Suman Chatterjee +6

Line intensity mapping provides a statistical approach to tracing the large-scale distribution of matter in the Universe. We apply the HI intensity mapping technique to interferome…

astro-ph.CO2026

Tracing cosmic structure with neutral hydrogen after the Epoch of Reionization

Jamie Incley, Laura Wolz

We present a study of the transition of Neutral Hydrogen (HI) gas from the end of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) to late-time large-scale structure. We examine the signature of th…

astro-ph.IM2025

The MeerKLASS L-band On-the-Fly Continuum Survey: Data Release 1

Sarvesh Mangla, Joseph J. Mohr, Kristof Rozgonyi +8

The MeerKAT Large Area Synoptic Survey (MeerKLASS) collaboration has acquired multiple passes of L-band (856-1712 MHz) scanning observations over a 268 deg sky region. This sca…

astro-ph.IM2025

The MeerKLASS On-the-Fly continuum survey: pipeline design and validation

Suman Chatterjee, Mario G. Santos, Kristof Rozgonyi +8

The MeerKAT Large Area Synoptic Survey (MeerKLASS) is designed to map large areas of the Southern sky for cosmology using the single-dish HI intensity mapping (IM) technique, while…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The MeerKLASS UHF On-the-Fly Continuum Survey -- Data Release I

Sourabh Paul, Keith Grainge, Mario G. Santos +9

We present the first public data release (DR1) from the interferometric component of the MeerKAT Large Area Synoptic Survey (MeerKLASS) UHF survey, a legacy program demonstrating a…

astro-ph.CO2025

Revealing cosmological fluctuations in 21cm intensity maps with MeerKLASS: from maps to power spectra

Steven Cunnington, Matilde Barberi-Squarotti, José Luis Bernal +8

Mapping the integrated 21cm emission line from dark matter-tracing neutral hydrogen gas is the primary science goal for MeerKLASS (MeerKAT's Large Area Synoptic Survey). Prior to t…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 9 cited

Emission-line Stacking of 21cm Intensity Maps with MeerKLASS: Inference Pipeline and Application to the L-band Deep-field Data

Zhaoting Chen, Steven Cunnington, Alkistis Pourtsidou +11

We present a novel analysis of observational systematics through the emission-line stacking of the MeerKLASS L-band deep-field intensity maps, following the detection in arXiv:2407…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 9 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 4 cited

HI Intensity Mapping with the MIGHTEE Survey: First Results of the HI Power Spectrum

Aishrila Mazumder, Laura Wolz, Zhaoting Chen +6

We present the first results of the HI intensity mapping power spectrum analysis with the MeerKAT International GigaHertz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration (MIGHTEE) survey. We use…

astro-ph.CO2024

CRAFTS for HI cosmology: I. data processing pipeline and validation tests

Wenxiu Yang, Laura Wolz, Yichao Li +20

We present the calibration procedures and validation of source measurement with the data of the Commensal Radio Astronomy FAST Survey (CRAFTS) for \HI intensity mapping by the Five…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 12 cited

Hydrogen intensity mapping with MeerKAT: Preserving cosmological signal by optimising contaminant separation

Isabella P. Carucci, José L. Bernal, Steven Cunnington +9

Removing contaminants is a delicate, yet crucial step in neutral hydrogen (HI) intensity mapping and often considered the technique's greatest challenge. Here, we address this chal…

astro-ph.CO2024

Modeling the Nonlinear Power Spectrum in Low-redshift HI Intensity Mapping

Zhixing Li, Laura Wolz, Hong Guo +2

We present a simulation-based framework to forecast the HI power spectrum on non-linear scales (), as measured by interferometer arrays like MeerKAT in…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 1 cited

MeerKLASS L-band deep-field intensity maps: entering the HI dominated regime

MeerKLASS Collaboration, Matilde Barberi-Squarotti, José L. Bernal +18

We present results from MeerKAT single-dish HI intensity maps, the final observations to be performed in L-band in the MeerKAT Large Area Synoptic Survey (MeerKLASS) campaign. The…