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Modelling and peeling extended sources with shapelets: a Fornax A case study
J. L. B. Line, D. A. Mitchell, B. Pindor +6
To make a power spectrum (PS) detection of the 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR), one must avoid/subtract bright foreground sources. Sources such as Fornax A presen…
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…
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…
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…
A high resolution foreground model for the MWA EoR1 field: model and implications for EoR power spectrum analysis
P. Procopio, R. B. Wayth, J. Line +23
The current generation of experiments aiming to detect the neutral hydrogen signal from the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) is likely to be limited by systematic effects associated wit…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
High-energy sources at low radio frequency: the Murchison Widefield Array view of Fermi blazars
M. Giroletti, F. Massaro, R. D'Abrusco +54
Low-frequency radio arrays are opening a new window for the study of the sky, both to study new phenomena and to better characterize known source classes. Being flat-spectrum sourc…
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…
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…
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…
Broadband Spectral Modeling of the Extreme Gigahertz-Peaked Spectrum Radio Source PKS B0008-421
J. R. Callingham, B. M. Gaensler, R. D. Ekers +40
We present broadband observations and spectral modeling of PKS B0008-421, and identify it as an extreme gigahertz-peaked spectrum (GPS) source. PKS B0008-421 is characterized by th…
Ionospheric modelling using GPS to calibrate the MWA. 1: Comparison of first order ionospheric effects between GPS models and MWA observations
B. S. Arora, J. Morgan, S. M. Ord +56
We compare first order (refractive) ionospheric effects seen by the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) with the ionosphere as inferred from Global Positioning System (GPS) data. The f…
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…
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…
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…
The Murchison Widefield Array Correlator
S. M. Ord, B. Crosse, D. Emrich +64
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Precursor. The telescope is located at the Murchison Radio--astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia (…
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 (…
Modelling of the Spectral Energy Distribution of Fornax A: Leptonic and Hadronic Production of High Energy Emission from the Radio Lobes
B. McKinley, R. Yang, M. López-Caniego +52
We present new low-frequency observations of the nearby radio galaxy Fornax A at 154 MHz with the Murchison Widefield Array, microwave flux-density measurements obtained from WMAP…