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Predictions for measuring the 21-cm multi-frequency angular power spectrum using SKA-Low
Rajesh Mondal, Abinash Kumar Shaw, Ilian T. Iliev, Somnath Bharadwaj, Kanan K. Datta, Suman Majumdar, Anjan K. Sarkar, Keri L. Dixon
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The light-cone (LC) effect causes the mean as well as the statistical properties of the redshifted 21-cm signal T_b(n̂,ν) to change with frequency ν (or cosmic time). Consequently, the statistical homogeneity (ergodicity) of the signal along the line of sight (LoS) direction is broken. This is a severe problem particularly during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) when the mean neutral hydrogen fraction (x̅_(HI)) changes rapidly as the universe evolves. This will also pose complications for large bandwidth observations. These effects imply that the 3D power spectrum P(k) fails to quantify the entire second-order statistics of the signal as it assumes the signal to be ergodic and periodic along the LoS. As a proper alternative to P(k), we use the multi-frequency angular power spectrum (MAPS) 𝒞_ℓ(ν₁,ν₂) which does not assume the signal to be ergodic and periodic along the LoS. Here, we study the prospects for measuring the EoR 21-cm MAPS using future observations with the upcoming SKA-Low. Ignoring any contribution from the foregrounds, we find that the EoR 21-cm MAPS can be measured at a confidence level ≥5σ at angular scales ℓ∼1300 for total observation time t_(obs) ≥128 hrs across ∼44 MHz observational bandwidth. We also quantitatively address the effects of foregrounds on MAPS detectability forecast by avoiding signal contained within the foreground wedge in (k_⊥, k_∥) plane. These results are very relevant for the upcoming large bandwidth EoR experiments as previous predictions were all restricted to individually analyzing the signal over small frequency (or equivalently redshift) intervals.
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