Probing the Global 21-cm Signal via the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe Effect on the 21-cm Background

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Main Authors: Ahn, Kyungjin, Oh, Minji
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Oh, Minji
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Oh, Minji
contents We propose a novel method to probe the global 21-cm background. This background experiences the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect (ISW) as the cosmic microwave background does. The 21-cm ISW is modulated by the spectral shape of the global 21-cm signal, and thus the measure of the 21-cm ISW will be a probe of the evolution of the global signal. This strategy naturally mitigates the impact of the Milky Way foreground, which is a common and most significant challenge in conventional 21-cm background probes. With the phase-1 SKA telescope, probing the global 21-cm background would be feasible with a few 1000 hours of observation, enabling consistency checks with existing measures of the global 21-cm signal by EDGES and SARAS that are conflicting with each other.
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spellingShingle Probing the Global 21-cm Signal via the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe Effect on the 21-cm Background
Ahn, Kyungjin
Oh, Minji
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
We propose a novel method to probe the global 21-cm background. This background experiences the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect (ISW) as the cosmic microwave background does. The 21-cm ISW is modulated by the spectral shape of the global 21-cm signal, and thus the measure of the 21-cm ISW will be a probe of the evolution of the global signal. This strategy naturally mitigates the impact of the Milky Way foreground, which is a common and most significant challenge in conventional 21-cm background probes. With the phase-1 SKA telescope, probing the global 21-cm background would be feasible with a few 1000 hours of observation, enabling consistency checks with existing measures of the global 21-cm signal by EDGES and SARAS that are conflicting with each other.
title Probing the Global 21-cm Signal via the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe Effect on the 21-cm Background
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14808