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dc.contributor.authorBeardsley, A. P.-
dc.contributor.authorUdaya Shankar, N.-
dc.contributor.authorSethi, S.K.-
dc.contributor.authorSrivani, K.S.-
dc.contributor.authorSubrahmanyan, Ravi-
dc.contributor.author+65 Co-authors-
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-22T06:11:33Z-
dc.date.available2017-05-22T06:11:33Z-
dc.date.issued2016-12-10-
dc.identifier.citationThe Astrophysical Journal, 2016, Vol.833, p102en_US
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X-
dc.identifier.issn1538-4357 (Online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/6649-
dc.descriptionRestricted Access. An open-access version is available at arXiv.org (one of the alternative locations)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has collected hundreds of hours of Epoch of Reionization (EoR) data and now faces the challenge of overcoming foreground and systematic contamination to reduce the data to a cosmological measurement. We introduce several novel analysis techniques, such as cable reflection calibration, hyper-resolution gridding kernels, diffuse foreground model subtraction, and quality control methods. Each change to the analysis pipeline is tested against a two-dimensional power spectrum figure of merit to demonstrate improvement. We incorporate the new techniques into a deep integration of 32 hours of MWA data. This data set is used to place a systematic-limited upper limit on the cosmological power spectrum of ${{\rm{\Delta }}}^{2}\leqslant 2.7\times {10}^{4}$ mK2 at k = 0.27 h Mpc−1 and z = 7.1, consistent with other published limits, and a modest improvement (factor of 1.4) over previous MWA results. From this deep analysis, we have identified a list of improvements to be made to our EoR data analysis strategies. These improvements will be implemented in the future and detailed in upcoming publications.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIOP Sciences for The American Astronomical Society.en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...833..102Ben_US
dc.relation.urihttp://arxiv.org/abs/1608.06281en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/833/1/102en_US
dc.rights2016, The American Astronomical Society.en_US
dc.subjectCosmology: observationsen_US
dc.subjectCosmology: reionizationen_US
dc.titleFirst Season MWA EoR Power spectrum Results at Redshift 7en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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