Cosmic Dawn

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Efficient simulation of discrete galaxy populations and associated radiation fields over the first billion years

A new physical model within the popular 21cmFAST simulation code that allows for the efficient generation of discrete galaxy populations and their associated radiation fields, over …

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Steven G. Murray
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The EDGES measurement disfavors an excess radio background during the cosmic dawn

We re-analyze the same EDGES data that sparked a rush of interest in exotic dark matter models and excess radio backgrounds, finding that accounting for both the possibility of …

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matvis: a matrix-based visibility simulator for fast forward modelling of many-element 21 cm arrays

We introduce matvis, a GPU-accelerated matrix-based visibility simulator for many-element 21 cm arrays that allows simulation of mock observations on unprecedented scales.

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21cmSense v2: A modular open-source 21 cm sensitivity calculator

A new method for computing the power of 21cm experiments to detect the cosmological 21cm signal.

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Steven G. Murray
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21cmEMU: an emulator of 21cmFAST summary observables

We present 21cmEMU, a machine learning-based emulator of the popular 21cmFAST simulation code. 21cmEMU can rapidly generate predictions for summary observables like the global 21 …

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EOR, Cosmic Dawn and the SKA

I gave an invited scientific overview of EoR, Cosmic Dawn, and Italy's involvement in the SKA.

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EDGES-3

I gave an invited review of the progress of the EDGES experiment

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FORWARD

FORWARD is the name of my Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship. It's not an acronym: it is short for "Forward-Models of Cosmic Dawn: connecting 21cm simulations to the real world". …

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Power Spectrum Sensitivity

I wrote this memo quite a while back, trying to get some power spectrum noise calculations correct. I’ve shared it a few times with different folks, so I thought I’d put it up here …

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Cosmic Dawn

Cosmic Dawn refers to the time in the Universe’s past when the first stars and galaxies burst into life. We know such a time exists, simply because we know there was a time without …

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