seeing the universe through redshifted 21-cm radiation
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Somnath Bharadwaj Physics & CTS IIT Kharagpur. Seeing the universe through redshifted 21-cm radiation. Tarun D Saini. Biswajit Pandey. Collaborators. Sanjay Pandey. IISc. RRI. Biman Nath. LBSC,Gonda. BITS,Pilani. RRI. Jayaram Chengalur. Tapomoy Guha Sarkar. Shiv K Sethi. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Seeing the universe through redshifted 21-cm
radiation
Somnath BharadwajPhysics & CTSIIT Kharagpur
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Collaborators
Shiv K Sethi
Biman Nath
T Roy Choudhury
Jayaram Chengalur
Saiyad Ali
Jayanti Prasad
Tapomoy Guha Sarkar
Kanan Datta
Suman Majumdar
Sanjay Pandey
Abhik Ghosh
NCRA,TIFR
NCRA,TIFR
RRI
RRI
BITS,Pilani
JU Stockholm
IUCAA
LBSC,Gonda
Tarun D Saini
IISc
Biswajit Pandey
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The Expanding Universe
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Redshift – distance - time
z3
z1
z2
Observer
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Neutral Hydrogen - HIGround state
21 cm radiation
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Constituents of the UniversePresent Constituents of Universe
70%
26%
4%
Dark EnergyDark MatterBaryons
Baryons
75 % Hydrogen
25% Helium
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Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR)
T=2.725 K
Observer
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HI Evolution
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z > 1000
T =2.725 K (1+z)
Hydrogen is ionized at z>1,000
Recombination – HI formed for first time at z=1,000
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CMBR anisotropiesUniverse ionized and opaque at z >1000
Nearly isotropic T ~ 10 micro K
WMAP NASA
T=2.725 K
Z=1000
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HI Evolution
Dark Age
HI seen in absorption against CMBR
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HI Evolution
HI seen in emission
Epoch of Reionization
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HI Evolution
Post-Reionization
HI seen in emision
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Evolution of the Universe
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Structure Formation
Gravitational Instability
Dark matter dominates the dynamics
Z=1000 Z=0
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RionizationDark Matter HalosBaryons Condense Within Halos Galaxies
Massive StarsQuasars - Accreting Black HolesEmit Photons with E > 13.6 eVBubbles of Ionized Gas - HII RegionsBubbles Grow - Overlap Reionization Complete by z ~ 6
15 >z > 6
Photoionization First Luminous Objects z~30
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Simulation
Majumdar, Bharadwaj& Roy Choudhury 2012,MNRAS, Submitted
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What do we observe?
Fluctuations in 21-cm radiation with frequency ad angle on sky
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The Dark Matter Power Spectrum
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Mini-Summary ● Redshifted 21-cm radiation fluctuates with
frequency and angle on sky ● Observations can be used to study:
– Universe at z ~ 50 (Dark Age) – only possible probe– Formation of the first luinous objects – Reionization– Structure formation after reionization
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Our Efforts Started With
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GMRT Giant Meter-wave Radio Telescope
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Radio Interferometric Array
Frequency MHz 153 235 325 610 1420
z 8.3 5.0 3.4 1.3 0
32 MHz bands with 128 separate channels
GMRT 30 antennas 45 diameter
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No!
Have we observed the cosmological 21-cm radiation?
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Predicted Signal z=10, x=0.5
10 arc-minutes
mK
Datta, Roy Choudhury & Bharadwaj 2007, 387,767
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Haslam Map - 408 MHz All-Sky Survey)
≈ 40 Angular scales (off-galactic)Synchrotron Radiation180K – 70,000K at 150 MHz
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GMRT Observations
Ghosh, Prasad, Bharadwaj, Ali & Chengalur 2012, MNRAS, In Press
FIELD I
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14 hrs GMRT Observations
RA 01 36 46 DEC 41 24 23
Ali, Bharadwaj & Chengalur 2008,MNRAS,385,2166 FIELD IV
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Measured Cℓ
Expected 21-cm Signal Cℓ ℓ ~ 10 -3 – 10-4 mK2
Ghosh, Prasad, Bharadwaj, Ali & Chengalur 2012, MNRAS, In Press
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Foregrounds
Point Sources Diffuse
Removal is Biggest Challenge
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GMRT Observations
Ghosh, Prasad, Bharadwaj, Ali & Chengalur 2012, MNRAS, In Press
FIELD I
Point Source Dominated
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LowresolutionResidual Map. Taper@ |U|=170
Diffuse Structure AppearingOn the Map on Scales >10 arcmin
The brightest structures in this map are at 5σ level compared to the local rms value ~ 23.5 mJy/Beam.
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The brightest structures in this map are at 10σ level compared to the local rms value ~ 35 mJy/Beam.
Taper @|U|=100
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Angular Power spectrum :
The power spectrum of the Diffuse emission was fitted by a power-law down to ℓ = 800 ( θ ≈ 10'):
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Currently working on● Theoretical Predictions of Expected 21-cm Signal● Detection Strategies● Quantify and Remove Foregrounds
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Thank You
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Concluding Remarks
● Probe Dark Ages, First Luminous Objects, reionization, post-reionization
● Potential Probe of Dark Energy
● Challenge Foregrounds, RFI