Systematic biases in low-frequency radio interferometric data due to calibration: the LOFAR-EoR case

AH Patil, S Yatawatta, S Zaroubi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The redshifted 21 cm line of neutral hydrogen is a promising probe of the epoch of
reionization (EoR). However, its detection requires a thorough understanding and control of …

Constraining the epoch of reionization with the variance statistic: simulations of the LOFAR case

AH Patil, S Zaroubi, E Chapman, V Jelić… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Several experiments are underway to detect the cosmic-redshifted 21-cm signal from neutral
hydrogen from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Due to their very low signal-to-noise ratio …

A numerical study of 21-cm signal suppression and noise increase in direction-dependent calibration of LOFAR data

M Mevius, F Mertens, LVE Koopmans… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We investigate systematic effects in direction-dependent gain calibration in the context of the
Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) 21-cm Epoch of Reionization (EoR) experiment. The LOFAR …

Search for the Epoch of Reionization with HERA: upper limits on the closure phase delay power spectrum

PM Keller, B Nikolic, N Thyagarajan… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Radio interferometers aiming to measure the power spectrum of the redshifted 21 cm line
during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) need to achieve an unprecedented dynamic range …

Detection and extraction of signals from the epoch of reionization using higher-order one-point statistics

GJA Harker, S Zaroubi, RM Thomas… - Monthly Notices of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Detecting redshifted 21-cm emission from neutral hydrogen in the early Universe promises
to give direct constraints on the epoch of reionization (EoR). It will, though, be very …

Power spectrum extraction for redshifted 21-cm Epoch of Reionization experiments: the LOFAR case

G Harker, S Zaroubi, G Bernardi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
One of the aims of the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) Epoch of Reionization (EoR) project is
to measure the power spectrum of variations in the intensity of redshifted 21-cm radiation …

Toward epoch of reionization measurements with wide-field radio observations

MF Morales, J Hewitt - The Astrophysical Journal, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper explores the potential for statistical epoch of reionization (EOR) measurements
using wide-field radio observations. New developments in low-frequency radio …

A study of fundamental limitations to statistical detection of redshifted H i from the epoch of reionization

N Thyagarajan, NU Shankar… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we explore for the first time the relative magnitudes of three fundamental
sources of uncertainty, namely, foreground contamination, thermal noise, and sample …

The impact of interference excision on 21-cm epoch of reionization power spectrum analyses

AR Offringa, F Mertens… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the implications of interference detection for experiments that are pursuing a
detection of the redshifted 21-cm signals from the epoch of reionization (EoR). Interference …

Detection of signals from cosmic reionization using radio interferometric signal processing

A Datta, S Bhatnagar, CL Carilli - The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Observations of the H i 21 cm transition line promises to be an important probe into the
cosmic dark ages and epoch of reionization. One of the challenges for the detection of this …