TY - JOUR
T1 - First multi-redshift limits on post-epoch of reionization 21cm signal from z = 1.96-3.58 Using uGMRT
AU - Chakraborty, Arnab
AU - Datta, Abhirup
AU - Roy, Nirupam
AU - Bharadwaj, Somnath
AU - Choudhury, Tirthankar Roy
AU - Datta, Kanan K.
AU - Pal, Srijita
AU - Choudhury, Madhurima
AU - Choudhuri, Samir
AU - Dutta, Prasun
AU - Sarkar, Debanjan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021. The American Astronomical Society.
PY - 2021/1/20
Y1 - 2021/1/20
N2 - Measurement of fluctuations in diffuse HI 21 cm background radiation from the post-reionization epoch (z ≤ 6) is a promising avenue to probe the large-scale structure of the universe and understand the evolution of galaxies. We observe the European Large Area ISO Survey-North 1 (ELAIS-N1) field at 300-500 MHz using the upgraded Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) and employ the "foreground avoidance"technique to estimate the HI 21 cm power spectrum in the redshift range z = 1.96-3.58. Given the possible systematics that may remain in the data, we find the most stringent upper limits on the spherically averaged 21 cm power spectra at k ∼ 1.0 Mpc-1 are (58.87 mK)2, (61.49 mK)2, (60.89 mK)2, and (105.85 mK)2 at z = 1.96, 2.19, 2.62, and 3.58, respectively. We use this to constrain the product of neutral HI mass density (ΩHI) and HI bias (bHI) to the underlying dark matter density field, [ΩHIbHI], as 0.09, 0.11, 0.12, and 0.24 at z = 1.96, 2.19, 2.62, and 3.58, respectively. To the best of our knowledge these are the first limits on the HI 21 cm power spectra at the redshift range z = 1.96-3.58 and would play a significant role to constrain the models of galaxy formation and evolution.
AB - Measurement of fluctuations in diffuse HI 21 cm background radiation from the post-reionization epoch (z ≤ 6) is a promising avenue to probe the large-scale structure of the universe and understand the evolution of galaxies. We observe the European Large Area ISO Survey-North 1 (ELAIS-N1) field at 300-500 MHz using the upgraded Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) and employ the "foreground avoidance"technique to estimate the HI 21 cm power spectrum in the redshift range z = 1.96-3.58. Given the possible systematics that may remain in the data, we find the most stringent upper limits on the spherically averaged 21 cm power spectra at k ∼ 1.0 Mpc-1 are (58.87 mK)2, (61.49 mK)2, (60.89 mK)2, and (105.85 mK)2 at z = 1.96, 2.19, 2.62, and 3.58, respectively. We use this to constrain the product of neutral HI mass density (ΩHI) and HI bias (bHI) to the underlying dark matter density field, [ΩHIbHI], as 0.09, 0.11, 0.12, and 0.24 at z = 1.96, 2.19, 2.62, and 3.58, respectively. To the best of our knowledge these are the first limits on the HI 21 cm power spectra at the redshift range z = 1.96-3.58 and would play a significant role to constrain the models of galaxy formation and evolution.
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U2 - 10.3847/2041-8213/abd17a
DO - 10.3847/2041-8213/abd17a
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100309779
SN - 2041-8205
VL - 907
JO - Astrophysical Journal Letters
JF - Astrophysical Journal Letters
IS - 1
M1 - abd17a
ER -