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Status of 21cm Intensity Mapping with CHIME

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Abstract

Intensity mapping of redshifted 21cm emission from neutral hydrogen holds great promise for learning about cosmology, as it provides an efficient way to map large volumes of the universe without the need to characterize individual luminous sources. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) is a cylinder telescope located in Western Canada that was custom-built for this purpose, and that has collected several years worth of data since it reached full observational capacity in late 2018. I will present a status update on recently-completed and ongoing cosmological analyses of CHIME data, including cross-correlations with galaxy/quasar catalogs from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS), cross-correlations with Lyman-alpha forest measurements from eBOSS, and progress toward a measurement of the auto power spectrum of the cosmological 21cm signal between redshifts 0.8 and 2.5.

Publication: An Overview of CHIME, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment. 2022. <br>CHIME Collaboration.<br>Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 261:29. [arXiv:2201.07869]<br><br>Detection of Large‐Scale Structure with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment. 2022.<br>CHIME Collaboration. <br>Astrophysical Journal 947:16. [arXiv:2202.01242]<br><br>A Detection of Cosmological 21 cm Emission from CHIME in Cross‐correlation with eBOSS Measurements of the Lyman‐ɑ Forest.<br>2023.<br>CHIME Collaboration.<br>[arXiv:2309.04404]

Presenters

  • Simon Foreman

    Arizona State University

Authors

  • Simon Foreman

    Arizona State University