Characterizing Signal Loss in the 21 cm Reionization Power Spectrum: A Revised Study of PAPER-64

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 868; no. 1; pp. 26 - 46
• Main Authors: Cheng, Carina, Parsons, Aaron R., Kolopanis, Matthew, Jacobs, Daniel C., Liu, Adrian, Kohn, Saul A., Aguirre, James E., Pober, Jonathan C., Ali, Zaki S., Bernardi, Gianni, Bradley, Richard F., Carilli, Chris L., DeBoer, David R., Dexter, Matthew R., Dillon, Joshua S., Klima, Pat, MacMahon, David H. E., Moore, David F., Nunhokee, Chuneeta D., Walbrugh, William P., Walker, Andre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia The American Astronomical Society 20.11.2018; IOP Publishing
• Subjects: Astrophysics; Contaminants; dark ages, reionization, first stars; early universe; Galaxies; Hydrogen; Intergalactic media; Ionization; large-scale structure of universe; methods: data analysis; methods: statistical; Sensitivity analysis; techniques: interferometric; Thermal energy

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 the intergalactic medium. There are many experiments investigating the EoR by tracing the 21 cm line of neutral hydro...