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most citedFirst Season MWA EoR Power Spectrum Results at Redshift 7

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18 papers

cs.CV2023★ 2 cited

NeRF applied to satellite imagery for surface reconstruction

Federico Semeraro, Yi Zhang, Wenying Wu +1

We present Surf-NeRF, a modified implementation of the recently introduced Shadow Neural Radiance Field (S-NeRF) model. This method is able to synthesize novel views from a sparse…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 57 cited

Comparing Redundant and Sky Model Based Interferometric Calibration: A First Look with Phase II of the MWA

W. Li, J. C. Pober, B. J. Hazelton +53

Interferometric arrays seeking to measure the 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization must contend with overwhelmingly bright emission from foreground sources. Accurate recover…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 35 cited

Spectral energy distribution and radio halo of NGC 253 at low radio frequencies

A. D. Kapinska, L. Staveley-Smith, R. Crocker +67

We present new radio continuum observations of NGC253 from the Murchison Widefield Array at frequencies between 76 and 227 MHz. We model the broadband radio spectral energy distrib…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 20 cited

Delay Spectrum with Phase-Tracking Arrays: Extracting the HI power spectrum from the Epoch of Reionization

Sourabh Paul, Shiv K. Sethi, Miguel F. Morales +51

The Detection of redshifted 21 cm emission from the epoch of reionization (EoR) is a challenging task owing to strong foregrounds that dominate the signal. In this paper, we propos…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 170 cited

First Season MWA EoR Power Spectrum Results at Redshift 7

A. P. Beardsley, B. J. Hazelton, I. S. Sullivan +63

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has collected hundreds of hours of Epoch of Reionization (EoR) data and now faces the challenge of overcoming foreground and systematic contamin…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 80 cited

Low frequency observations of linearly polarized structures in the interstellar medium near the south Galactic pole

Emil Lenc, B. M. Gaensler, X. H. Sun +76

We present deep polarimetric observations at 154 MHz with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), covering 625 deg^2 centered on RA=0 h, Dec=-27 deg. The sensitivity available in our…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 34 cited

A High Reliability Survey of Discrete Epoch of Reionization Foreground Sources in the MWA EoR0 Field

P. A. Carroll, J. Line, M. F. Morales +61

Detection of the Epoch of Reionization HI signal requires a precise understanding of the intervening galaxies and AGN, both for instrumental calibration and foreground removal. We…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 72 cited

The Murchison Widefield Array 21 cm Power Spectrum Analysis Methodology

Daniel C. Jacobs, B. J. Hazelton, C. M. Trott +61

We present the 21 cm power spectrum analysis approach of the Murchison Widefield Array Epoch of Reionization project. In this paper, we compare the outputs of multiple pipelines fo…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 110 cited

First Limits on the 21 cm Power Spectrum during the Epoch of X-ray heating

A. Ewall-Wice, Joshua S. Dillon, J. N. Hewitt +62

We present first results from radio observations with the Murchison Widefield Array seeking to constrain the power spectrum of 21 cm brightness temperature fluctuations between the…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 76 cited

Parametrising Epoch of Reionization foregrounds: A deep survey of low-frequency point-source spectra with the MWA

A. R. Offringa, C. M. Trott, N. Hurley-Walker +38

Experiments that pursue detection of signals from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) are relying on spectral smoothness of source spectra at low frequencies. This article empirically…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 93 cited

The Importance of Wide-field Foreground Removal for 21 cm Cosmology: A Demonstration With Early MWA Epoch of Reionization Observations

J. C. Pober, B. J. Hazelton, A. P. Beardsley +66

In this paper we present observations, simulations, and analysis demonstrating the direct connection between the location of foreground emission on the sky and its location in cosm…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 123 cited

CHIPS: The Cosmological HI Power Spectrum Estimator

Cathryn M. Trott, Bart Pindor, Pietro Procopio +49

Detection of the cosmological neutral hydrogen signal from the Epoch of Reionization, and estimation of its basic physical parameters, is the principal scientific aim of many curre…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 105 cited

The LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS) I. Survey description and first results

G. H. Heald, R. F. Pizzo, E. Orrú +147

We present the Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS), the first northern-sky LOFAR imaging survey. In this introductory paper, we first describe in detail the motivation and de…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 95 cited

Confirmation of Wide-Field Signatures in Redshifted 21 cm Power Spectra

Nithyanandan Thyagarajan, Daniel C. Jacobs, Judd D. Bowman +52

We confirm our recent prediction of the "pitchfork" foreground signature in power spectra of high-redshift 21 cm measurements where the interferometer is sensitive to large-scale s…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 122 cited

Empirical Covariance Modeling for 21 cm Power Spectrum Estimation: A Method Demonstration and New Limits from Early Murchison Widefield Array 128-Tile Data

Joshua S. Dillon, Abraham R. Neben, Jacqueline N. Hewitt +52

The separation of the faint cosmological background signal from bright astrophysical foregrounds remains one of the most daunting challenges of mapping the high-redshift intergalac…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 161 cited

Foregrounds in Wide-Field Redshifted 21 cm Power Spectra

Nithyanandan Thyagarajan, Daniel C. Jacobs, Judd D. Bowman +61

Detection of 21~cm emission of HI from the epoch of reionization, at redshifts z>6, is limited primarily by foreground emission. We investigate the signatures of wide-field measure…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 164 cited

The low-frequency environment of the Murchison Widefield Array: radio-frequency interference analysis and mitigation

A. R. Offringa, R. B. Wayth, N. Hurley-Walker +62

The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a new low-frequency interferometric radio telescope built in Western Australia at one of the locations of the future Square Kilometre Array (…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 104 cited

A Study of the Dark Core in A520 with Hubble Space Telescope: The Mystery Deepens

M. J. Jee, A. Mahdavi, H. Hoekstra +4

We present a Hubble Space Telescope/Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 weak-lensing study of A520, where a previous analysis of ground-based data suggested the presence of a dark mass c…