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HI Fluctuations at Large Redshifts: II - the Signal Expected for GMRT
For the GMRT, we calculate the expected signal from redshifted HI emission at
two frequency bands centered at 610 and 325 MHz. The study focuses on the
visibility-visibility cross-correlations, proposed earlier as the optimal
statistical estimator for detecting and analyzing this signal. These
correlations directly probe the power spectrum of density fluctuations at the
redshift where the radiation originated, and thereby provide a method for
studying the large scale structures at large redshifts. We present detailed
estimates of the correlations expected between the visibilities measured at
different baselines and frequencies. Analytic fitting formulas representing the
salient features of the expected signal are also provided. These will be useful
in planning observations and deciding an optimal strategy for detecting this
signal.Comment: 16 pages including 7 figures, published in JAp
The Effect of on Visibility Correlation and Power Spectrum Estimation
Visibility-visibility correlation has been proposed as a technique for the
estimation of power spectrum, and used extensively for small field of view
observations, where the effect of is usually ignored. We consider
power spectrum estimation from the large field of view observations, where the
can have a significant effect. Our investigation shows that a nonzero
manifests itself as a modification of the primary aperture function of the
instrument. Using a gaussian primary beam, we show that the modified aperture
is an oscillating function with a gaussian envelope. We show that the two
visibility correlation reproduces the power spectrum beyond a certain baseline
given by the width, of the modified aperture. Further, for a given
interferometer, the maximum remains independent of the frequencies of
observation. This suggests that, the incorporation of large field of view in
radio interferometric observation has a greater effect for larger observing
wavelengths.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, 2 table
Dylan Thomasâs 18 Poems: The Poetâs Articulate Voice
In 18 Poems, Dylan Thomasâs search for rhymes around the poles is really a quest for the significant voice of poetry. At one level, the poem articulates the poetâs craving for home and the assurance that this resemblance of a home provides. But it reveals a deeper concern, a quest for and commitment to human reality; and for Thomas, reality is now identified with the paradoxical poetry of Yeats in contrast to Audenâs intellectual art. Linda M. Shires holds that âwhat is remarkable is the originality and intensity with whichâ his themes such as birth and death, process and decay, are introduced. To Walford Davies, Thomasâs early poetry, while offering âthe reader only an impenetrable enigmaâ is âdifficult and obscure in an individual wayâ. John Ackerman explains that the paradoxical attitude of Thomas in 18 Poems âoccasions much of the obscurity ⊠the images, however, are usually grouped by a sturdy advancing rhythmâ. In the study of Thomasâs 18 Poems, the critics whose focal point is more on obscurity and musical setting hardly discuss his search for poetic image. Hence, this paper, adopting a figurative study, strives to unfold the meaning of the poetâs dramatic language suggestive of the Yeatsian articulate voice that contradicts the Word-centric articulate silence of Auden
What will anisotropies in the clustering pattern in redshifted 21 cm maps tell us?
The clustering pattern in high redshift HI maps is expected to be anisotropic
due to two distinct reasons, the
Alcock-Paczynski effect and the peculiar velocities, both of which are
sensitive to the cosmological parameters. The signal is also expected to be
sensitive to the details of the HI distribution at the epoch when the radiation
originated. We use simple models for the HI distribution at the epoch of
reionizaation and the post-reionization era to investigate exactly what we hope
to learn from future observations of the anisotropy pattern in HI maps. We find
that such observations will probably tell us more about the HI distribution
than about the background cosmological model. Assuming that reionization can be
described by spherical, ionized bubbles all of the same size with their centers
possibly being biased with respect to the dark matter, we find that the
anisotropy pattern at small angles is expected to have a bump at the
characteristic angular size of the individual bubbles whereas the large scale
anisotropy pattern will reflect the size and the bias of the bubbles. The
anisotropy also depends on the background cosmological parameters, but the
dependence is much weaker. Under the assumption that the HI in the
post-reionization era traces the dark matter with a possible bias, we find that
changing the bias and changing the background cosmology has similar effects on
the anisotropy pattern. Combining observations of the anisotropy with
independent estimates of the bias, possibly from the bi-spectrum, may allow
these observations to constrain cosmological parameters.Comment: Minor changes, Accepted to MNRA
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