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

224 citations · 660 across the 26 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

astro-ph.IM2022

Global CD/EoR Signal Detection with a Dense Digital Beamforming Array and Beyond

Junhua Gu, Jingying Wang, Huanyuan Shan +5

The global neutral hydrogen 21 cm signal extracted from the all-sky averaged radio spectra is one of the signatures of the Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionization (CD/EoR). The frequ…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 4 cited

Impact of the turnover in the high-z galaxy luminosity function on the 21-cm signal during Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionization

Zekang Zhang, Huanyuan Shan, Junhua Gu +6

The shape of the faint-end of the high-z galaxy luminosity function (LF) informs early star formation and reionization physics during the Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionization. Unt…

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.IM2021★ 2 cited

External Calibrator in Global Signal Experiment for Detection of the Epoch of Reionization

Yan Huang, Xiang-Ping Wu, Quan Guo +5

We present a conceptual design study of external calibrators in the 21 cm experiment towards detecting the globally averaged radiation of the epoch of reionization (EoR). Employmen…

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.GA2020★ 12 cited

Searching for Dark Matter Signals from Local Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies at Low Radio Frequencies in the GLEAM Survey

Robin H. W. Cook, Nick Seymour, Kristine Spekkens +18

The search for emission from weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter annihilation and decay has become a multi-pronged area of research not only targeting a diverse…

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.GA2019★ 60 cited

GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefield Array (GLEAM) survey II: Galactic Plane ,

Natasha Hurley-Walker, Paul J. Hancock, Thomas M. O. Franzen +16

This work makes available a further 2,860deg of the GLEAM survey, covering half of the accessible Galactic Plane, across twenty frequency bands sampling MHz, with resol…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 27 cited

New candidate radio supernova remnants detected in the GLEAM survey over ,

Natasha Hurley-Walker, Miroslav D. Filipovic, Bryan M. Gaensler +18

We have detected 27 new supernova remnants (SNRs) using a new data release of the GLEAM survey from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope, including the lowest surface-brig…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 11 cited

Contribution of Radio Halos to the Foreground for SKA EoR Experiments

Weitian Li, Haiguang Xu, Zhixian Ma +11

The overwhelming foreground contamination is one of the primary impediments to probing the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) through measuring the redshifted 21 cm signal. Among various…

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★ 6 cited

Pre-selection of the Candidate Fields for Deep Imaging of the Epoch of Reionization with SKA1-Low

Qian Zheng, Xiang-Ping Wu, Quan Guo +4

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the first low-frequency instrument with the capability to directly image the structures of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Indeed, deep im…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 5 cited

A Study of the Merger History of the Galaxy Group HCG 62 Based on X-Ray Observations and SPH Simulations

Dan Hu, Haiguang Xu, Xi Kang +9

We choose the bright compact group HCG 62, which was found to exhibit both excess X-ray emission and high Fe abundance to the southwest of its core, as an example to study the impa…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 4 cited

Detection of a Double Relic in the Torpedo Cluster: SPT-CL J0245-5302

Qian Zheng, Melanie Johnston-Hollitt, Stefan Duchesne +1

The Torpedo cluster, SPT-CL J0245-5302 (S0295) is a massive, merging cluster at a redshift of z = 0.300, which exhibits a strikingly similar morphology to the Bullet cluster 1E 065…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 15 cited

The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection (GRAND): Present and Perspectives

Ke Fang, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Rafael Alves Batista +33

The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection (GRAND) aims at detecting ultra-high energy extraterrestrial neutrinos via the extensive air showers induced by the decay of tau lepton…

astro-ph.IM2016

Limits of noise and confusion in the MWA GLEAM year 1 survey

T. M. O. Franzen, C. A. Jackson, J. R. Callingham +21

The GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA survey (GLEAM) is a new relatively low resolution, contiguous 72-231 MHz survey of the entire sky south of declination +25 deg. In this p…

astro-ph.GA2016

The MWA GLEAM 4Jy Sample; a new large, bright radio source sample at 151 MHz

C A Jackson, T M O Franzen, N Seymour +25

This paper outlines how the new GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA Survey (GLEAM, Wayth et al. 2015), observed by the Murchison Widefield Array covering the frequency range 72…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 15 cited

The radio environment of the 21 Centimeter Array: RFI detection and mitigation

Yan Huang, Xiang-Ping Wu, Qian Zheng +2

Detection and mitigation of radio frequency interference (RFI) is the first and also the key step for data processing in radio observations, especially for ongoing low frequency ra…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 30 cited

Radio Sources in the NCP Region Observed with the 21 Centimeter Array

Qian Zheng, Xiang-Ping Wu, Melanie Johnston-Hollitt +2

We present a catalog of 624 radio sources detected around the North Celestial Pole (NCP) with the 21 Centimeter Array (21CMA), a radio interferometer dedicated to the statistical m…

astro-ph.GA2015

An analysis of the halo and relic radio emission from Abell 3376 from Murchison Widefield Array observations

Lijo T. George, K. S. Dwarakanath, M. Johnston-Hollitt +48

We have carried out multiwavelength observations of the near-by () rich, merging galaxy cluster Abell 3376 with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). As a part of the GaLac…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 6 cited

A Method to Extract the Angular Power Spectrum of the Epoch of Reionization from Low-Frequency Radio Interferometers

Qian Zheng, Xiang-ping Wu, Jun-hua Gu +2

The redshifted 21cm signal of neutral hydrogen from the epoch of reionization (EoR) is extremely weak and its first detection is therefore expected to be statistical with first-gen…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 5 cited

Influence of synchrotron self-absorption on the 21cm experiments

Qian Zheng, Xiang-Ping Wu, Jun-Hua Gu +2

Presence of spectral curvature due to synchrotron self-absorption (SSA) of extragalactic radio sources may break down the spectral smoothness feature-the premise that bright radio…