Foreground model and antenna calibration errors in the measurement of the sky-averaged λ21 cm signal at z 20

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 799, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bernardi, G ^a,b,c   McQuinn, M ^d   Greenhill, L J ^c  

^a SKA SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmology: observations; dark ages reionization first stars; early universe; intergalactic medium; methods: observational; techniques: interferometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921473859     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/799/1/90     Document Type: Article

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