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Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) Phase II Deployment and Commissioning
Lindsay M. Berkhout, Daniel C. Jacobs, Zuhra Abdurashidova +93
This paper presents the design and deployment of the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) phase II system. HERA is designed as a staged experiment targeting 21 cm emission m…
matvis: A matrix-based visibility simulator for fast forward modelling of many-element 21 cm arrays
Piyanat Kittiwisit, Steven G. Murray, Hugh Garsden +95
Detection of the faint 21 cm line emission from the Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionisation will require not only exquisite control over instrumental calibration and systematics to a…
Bayesian estimation of cross-coupling and reflection systematics in 21cm array visibility data
Geoff G. Murphy, Philip Bull, Mario G. Santos +76
Observations with radio arrays that target the 21-cm signal originating from the early Universe suffer from a variety of systematic effects. An important class of these are reflect…
Direct Optimal Mapping Image Power Spectrum and its Window Functions
Zhilei Xu, Honggeun Kim, Jacqueline N. Hewitt +79
The key to detecting neutral hydrogen during the epoch of reionization (EoR) is to separate the cosmological signal from the dominating foreground radiation. We developed direct op…
Bayesian jackknife tests with a small number of subsets: Application to HERA 21cm power spectrum upper limits
Michael J. Wilensky, Fraser Kennedy, Philip Bull +2
We present a Bayesian jackknife test for assessing the probability that a data set contains biased subsets, and, if so, which of the subsets are likely to be biased. The test can b…
Characterization Of Inpaint Residuals In Interferometric Measurements of the Epoch Of Reionization
Michael Pagano, Jing Liu, Adrian Liu +75
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is one of the systematic challenges preventing 21cm interferometric instruments from detecting the Epoch of Reionization. To mitigate the effects…
The Correlation Calibration of PAPER-64 data
Tamirat G. Gogo, Yin-Zhe Ma, Piyanat Kittiwisit +21
Observation of redshifted 21-cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) is challenging due to contamination from the bright foreground sources that exceed the signal by several…
Automated Detection of Antenna Malfunctions in Large-N Interferometers: A Case Study with the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array
Dara Storer, Joshua S. Dillon, Daniel C. Jacobs +75
We present a framework for identifying and flagging malfunctioning antennas in large radio interferometers. We outline two distinct categories of metrics designed to detect outlier…
Validation of the HERA Phase I Epoch of Reionization 21 cm Power Spectrum Software Pipeline
James E. Aguirre, Steven G. Murray, Robert Pascua +73
We describe the validation of the HERA Phase I software pipeline by a series of modular tests, building up to an end-to-end simulation. The philosophy of this approach is to valida…
A Real Time Processing System for Big Data in Astronomy: Applications to HERA
Paul La Plante, Peter K. G. Williams, Matthew Kolopanis +72
As current- and next-generation astronomical instruments come online, they will generate an unprecedented deluge of data. Analyzing these data in real time presents unique conceptu…
Methods of Error Estimation for Delay Power Spectra in Cosmology
Jianrong Tan, Adrian Liu, Nicholas S. Kern +71
Precise measurements of the 21 cm power spectrum are crucial for understanding the physical processes of hydrogen reionization. Currently, this probe is being pursued by low-freque…
Measuring HERA's primary beam in-situ: methodology and first results
Chuneeta D. Nunhokee, Aaron R. Parsons, Nicholas S. Kern +64
The central challenge in 21~cm cosmology is isolating the cosmological signal from bright foregrounds. Many separation techniques rely on the accurate knowledge of the sky and the…
Redundant-Baseline Calibration of the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array
Joshua S. Dillon, Max Lee, Zaki S. Ali +76
In 21 cm cosmology, precision calibration is key to the separation of the neutral hydrogen signal from very bright but spectrally-smooth astrophysical foregrounds. The Hydrogen Epo…
Mitigating Internal Instrument Coupling II: A Method Demonstration with the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array
Nicholas S. Kern, Aaron R. Parsons, Joshua S. Dillon +63
We present a study of internal reflection and cross coupling systematics in Phase I of the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA). In a companion paper, we outlined the mathem…
Absolute Calibration Strategies for the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array and Their Impact on the 21 cm Power Spectrum
Nicholas S. Kern, Joshua S. Dillon, Aaron R. Parsons +69
We discuss absolute calibration strategies for Phase I of the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA), which aims to measure the cosmological 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Rei…
Understanding the HERA Phase I receiver system with simulations and its impact on the detectability of the EoR delay power spectrum
Nicolas Fagnoni, Eloy de Lera Acedo, David R. DeBoer +67
The detection of the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) delay power spectrum using a "foreground avoidance method" highly depends on the instrument chromaticity. The systematic effects in…
Optimizing Sparse RFI Prediction using Deep Learning
Joshua Kerrigan, Paul La Plante, Saul Kohn +61
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is an ever-present limiting factor among radio telescopes even in the most remote observing locations. When looking to retain the maximum amount…
Characterizing Signal Loss in the 21 cm Reionization Power Spectrum: A Revised Study of PAPER-64
Carina Cheng, Aaron R. Parsons, Matthew Kolopanis +18
The Epoch of Reionization (EoR) is an uncharted era in our Universe's history during which the birth of the first stars and galaxies led to the ionization of neutral hydrogen in th…
Ionospheric Attenuation of Polarized Foregrounds in 21 cm Epoch of Reionization Measurements: A Demonstration for the HERA Experiment
Zachary E. Martinot, James E. Aguirre, Saul A. Kohn +1
Foregrounds with polarization states that are not smooth functions of frequency present a challenge to HI Epoch of Reionization (EoR) power spectrum measurements if they are not cl…
HI 21cm Cosmology and the Bi-spectrum: Closure Diagnostics in Massively Redundant Interferometric Arrays
C. L. Carilli, Bojan Nikolic, Nithyanandan Thyagarajan +62
New massively redundant low frequency arrays allow for a novel investigation of closure relations in interferometry. We employ commissioning data from the Hydrogen Epoch of Reioniz…
The HERA-19 Commissioning Array: Direction Dependent Effects
Saul A. Kohn, James E. Aguirre, Paul La Plante +64
Foreground power dominates the measurements of interferometers that seek a statistical detection of highly-redshifted HI emission from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). The chromati…
Improved 21 cm Epoch Of Reionization Power Spectrum Measurements with a Hybrid Foreground Subtraction and Avoidance Technique
Joshua Kerrigan, Jonathan Pober, Zaki Ali +16
Observations of the 21cm Epoch of Reionization (EoR) signal are dominated by Galactic and extragalactic foregrounds. The need for foreground removal has led to the development of t…
Polarized Redundant-Baseline Calibration for 21 cm Cosmology Without Adding Spectral Structure
Joshua S. Dillon, Saul A. Kohn, Aaron R. Parsons +8
21 cm cosmology is a promising new probe of the evolution of visible matter in our universe, especially during the poorly-constrained Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionization. However…
The Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array Dish III: Measuring Chromaticity of Prototype Element with Reflectometry
Nipanjana Patra, Aaron R. Parsons, David R. DeBoer +54
The experimental efforts to detect the redshifted 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) are limited predominantly by the chromatic instrumental systematic effect. The d…