An Illumination of the Dark Ages: modeling reionization and interpreting observations

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (44)

Hydrodynamic Response of the Intergalactic Medium to Reionization

Author(s): Anson D’Aloisio, Matthew McQuinn, Hy Trac, Christopher Cain, Andrei Mesinger
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 898/2, 2020, Page(s) 149, ISSN 1538-4357
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab9f2f

A tale of two sites – II. Inferring the properties of minihalo-hosted galaxies with upcoming 21-cm interferometers

Author(s): Yuxiang Qin, Andrei Mesinger, Bradley Greig, Jaehong Park
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 501/4, 2021, Page(s) 4748-4758, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3408

Interpreting LOFAR 21-cm signal upper limits at z ≈ 9.1 in the context of high- z galaxy and reionization observations

Author(s): Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger, Léon V E Koopmans, Benedetta Ciardi, Garrelt Mellema, Saleem Zaroubi, Sambit K Giri, Raghunath Ghara, Abhik Ghosh, Ilian T Iliev, Florent G Mertens, Rajesh Mondal, André R Offringa, Vishambhar N Pandey
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 501/1, 2020, Page(s) 1-13, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3593

Reionization inference from the CMB optical depth and E-mode polarization power spectra

Author(s): Yuxiang Qin, Vivian Poulin, Andrei Mesinger, Bradley Greig, Steven Murray, Jaehong Park
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 499/1, 2020, Page(s) 550-558, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2797

Bubble mapping with the Square Kilometre Array – I. Detecting galaxies with Euclid, JWST, WFIRST, and ELT within ionized bubbles in the intergalactic medium at z > 6

Author(s): Erik Zackrisson, Suman Majumdar, Rajesh Mondal, Christian Binggeli, Martin Sahlén, Tirthankar Roy Choudhury, Benedetta Ciardi, Abhirup Datta, Kanan K Datta, Pratika Dayal, Andrea Ferrara, Sambit K Giri, Umberto Maio, Sangeeta Malhotra, Garrelt Mellema, Andrei Mesinger, James Rhoads, Claes-Erik Rydberg, Ikkoh Shimizu
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 493/1, 2020, Page(s) 855-870, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa098

Minimum size of 21-cm simulations

Author(s): Harman Deep Kaur, Nicolas Gillet, Andrei Mesinger
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 495/2, 2020, Page(s) 2354-2362, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1323

Dark-ages reionization and galaxy formation simulation–XI. Clustering and halo masses of high redshift galaxies

Author(s): Jaehong Park, Han-Seek Kim, Chuanwu Liu, Michele Trenti, Alan R. Duffy, Paul M. Geil, Simon J. Mutch, Gregory B. Poole, Andrei Mesinger, J. Stuart B. Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 472/2, 2017, Page(s) 1995-2008, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1884

Dark-ages reionization and galaxy formation simulation – X. The small contribution of quasars to reionization

Author(s): Yuxiang Qin, Simon J. Mutch, Gregory B. Poole, Chuanwu Liu, Paul W. Angel, Alan R. Duffy, Paul M. Geil, Andrei Mesinger, J. Stuart B. Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 472/2, 2017, Page(s) 2009-2027, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1909

Simultaneously constraining the astrophysics of reionization and the epoch of heating with 21CMMC

Author(s): Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 472/3, 2017, Page(s) 2651-2669, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx2118

Dark-ages reionization and galaxy formation simulation – XIII. AGN quenching of high-redshift star formation in ZF-COSMOS-20115

Author(s): Yuxiang Qin, Simon J. Mutch, Alan R. Duffy, Paul M. Geil, Gregory B. Poole, Andrei Mesinger, J. Stuart B. Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 471/4, 2017, Page(s) 4345-4354, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1852

Dark-ages reionization and galaxy formation simulation – XII. Bubbles at dawn

Author(s): Paul M. Geil, Simon J. Mutch, Gregory B. Poole, Alan R. Duffy, Andrei Mesinger, J. Stuart B. Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 472/2, 2017, Page(s) 1324-1335, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1841

High-mass X-ray binaries and the cosmic 21-cm signal: impact of host galaxy absorption

Author(s): Arpan Das, Andrei Mesinger, Andrea Pallottini, Andrea Ferrara, John H. Wise
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 469/1, 2017, Page(s) 1166-1174, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx943

Emulating Simulations of Cosmic Dawn for 21 cm Power Spectrum Constraints on Cosmology, Reionization, and X-Ray Heating

Author(s): Nicholas S. Kern, Adrian Liu, Aaron R. Parsons, Andrei Mesinger, Bradley Greig
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 848/1, 2017, Page(s) 23, ISSN 1538-4357
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8bb4

Dark-ages Reionization & Galaxy Formation Simulation VIII. Suppressed growth of dark matter halos during the Epoch of Reionization

Author(s): Yuxiang Qin, Alan R. Duffy, Simon J. Mutch, Gregory B. Poole, Paul M. Geil, Paul W. Angel, Andrei Mesinger, J. Stuart B. Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017, Page(s) stx083, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx083

Are we witnessing the epoch of reionisation at z = 7.1 from the spectrum of J1120+0641?

Author(s): Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger, Zoltán Haiman, Robert A. Simcoe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017, Page(s) stw3351, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw3351

The global history of reionization

Author(s): Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 465/4, 2016, Page(s) 4838-4852, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw3026

Lyα emission-line reconstruction for high- z QSOs

Author(s): Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger, Ian D. McGreer, Simona Gallerani, Zoltán Haiman
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 466/2, 2017, Page(s) 1814-1838, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw3210

Dark-ages reionization and galaxy-formation simulation – VII. The sizes of high-redshift galaxies

Author(s): Chuanwu Liu, Simon J. Mutch, Gregory B. Poole, P. W. Angel, Alan R. Duffy, Paul M. Geil, Andrei Mesinger, J. Stuart B. Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 465/3, 2016, Page(s) 3134-3142, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2912

Constraints on the temperature of the intergalactic medium at z = 8.4 with 21-cm observations

Author(s): Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger, Jonathan C. Pober
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 455/4, 2015, Page(s) 4295-4300, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2618

The Evolution Of 21 cm Structure (EOS): public, large-scale simulations of Cosmic Dawn and reionization

Author(s): Andrei Mesinger, Bradley Greig, Emanuele Sobacchi
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 459/3, 2016, Page(s) 2342-2353, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw831

Dark-ages Reionization and Galaxy formation simulation – I. The dynamical lives of high-redshift galaxies

Author(s): Gregory B. Poole, Paul W. Angel, Simon J. Mutch, Chris Power, Alan R. Duffy, Paul M. Geil, Andrei Mesinger, Stuart B. Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 459/3, 2016, Page(s) 3025-3039, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw674

Cross-correlation of the cosmic 21-cm signal and Lyman α emitters during reionization

Author(s): Emanuele Sobacchi, Andrei Mesinger, Bradley Greig
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 459/3, 2016, Page(s) 2741-2750, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw811

Constraining high-redshift X-ray sources with next generation 21-cm power spectrum measurements

Author(s): Aaron Ewall-Wice, Jacqueline Hewitt, Andrei Mesinger, Joshua S. Dillon, Adrian Liu, Jonathan Pober
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 458/3, 2016, Page(s) 2710-2724, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw452

First limits on the 21 cm power spectrum during the Epoch of X-ray heating

Author(s): A. Ewall-Wice, Joshua S. Dillon, J. N. Hewitt, A. Loeb, A. Mesinger, A. R. Neben, A. R. Offringa, M. Tegmark, N. Barry, A. P. Beardsley, G. Bernardi, Judd D. Bowman, F. Briggs, R. J. Cappallo, P. Carroll, B. E. Corey, A. de Oliveira-Costa, D. Emrich, L. Feng, B. M. Gaensler, R. Goeke, L. J. Greenhill, B. J. Hazelton, N. Hurley-Walker, M. Johnston-Hollitt, Daniel C. Jacobs, D. L. Kaplan, J. C. Kasp
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 460/4, 2016, Page(s) 4320-4347, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1022

Dark-ages reionization and galaxy formation simulation V: morphology and statistical signatures of reionization

Author(s): Paul M. Geil, Simon J. Mutch, Gregory B. Poole, Paul W. Angel, Alan R. Duffy, Andrei Mesinger, J. Stuart B. Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 462/1, 2016, Page(s) 804-817, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1718

Upper limits on the 21 cm power spectrum at z  = 5.9 from quasar absorption line spectroscopy

Author(s): Jonathan C. Pober, Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Issue 463/1, 2016, Page(s) L56-L60, ISSN 1745-3933
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slw156

Dark-ages reionization and galaxy formation simulation – III. Modelling galaxy formation and the epoch of reionization

Author(s): Simon J. Mutch, Paul M. Geil, Gregory B. Poole, Paul W. Angel, Alan R. Duffy, Andrei Mesinger, J. Stuart B. Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 462/1, 2016, Page(s) 250-276, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1506

Dark-ages reionization and galaxy-formation simulation– VI. The origins and fate of the highest known redshift galaxy

Author(s): Simon J. Mutch, Chuanwu Liu, Gregory B. Poole, Paul M. Geil, Alan R. Duffy, Michele Trenti, Pascal A. Oesch, Garth D. Illingworth, Andrei Mesinger, J. Stuart B. Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 463/4, 2016, Page(s) 3556-3562, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2187

Dark-ages reionization and galaxy formation simulation – IV. UV luminosity functions of high-redshift galaxies

Author(s): Chuanwu Liu, Simon J. Mutch, P. W. Angel, Alan R. Duffy, Paul M. Geil, Gregory B. Poole, Andrei Mesinger, J. Stuart B. Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 462/1, 2016, Page(s) 235-249, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1015

Combining high-z galaxy luminosity functions with Bayesian evidence

Author(s): Nicolas J F Gillet, Andrei Mesinger, Jaehong Park
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz2988

Deep learning from 21-cm tomography of the Cosmic Dawn and Reionization

Author(s): Nicolas Gillet, Andrei Mesinger, Bradley Greig, Adrian Liu, Graziano Ucci
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz010

Constraints on reionization from the z = 7.5 QSO ULASJ1342+0928

Author(s): Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger, Eduardo Bañados
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 484/4, 2019, Page(s) 5094-5101, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz230

Dark-ages Reionization and Galaxy Formation Simulation – XIV. Gas accretion, cooling, and star formation in dwarf galaxies at high redshift

Author(s): Yuxiang Qin, Alan R Duffy, Simon J Mutch, Gregory B Poole, Paul M Geil, Andrei Mesinger, J Stuart B Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 477/1, 2018, Page(s) 1318-1335, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty767

Dark-ages Reionization and Galaxy Formation Simulation – XV. Stellar evolution and feedback in dwarf galaxies at high redshift

Author(s): Yuxiang Qin, Alan R Duffy, Simon J Mutch, Gregory B Poole, Andrei Mesinger, J Stuart B Wyithe
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 487/2, 2019, Page(s) 1946-1963, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz1380

Inferring the astrophysics of reionization and cosmic dawn from galaxy luminosity functions and the 21-cm signal

Author(s): Jaehong Park, Andrei Mesinger, Bradley Greig, Nicolas Gillet
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 484/1, 2019, Page(s) 933-949, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz032

21CMMC with a 3D light-cone: the impact of the co-evolution approximation on the astrophysics of reionization and cosmic dawn

Author(s): Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 477/3, 2018, Page(s) 3217-3229, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty796

Beacons into the Cosmic Dark Ages: Boosted Transmission of Ly α from UV Bright Galaxies at z ≳ 7

Author(s): Charlotte A. Mason, Tommaso Treu, Stephane de Barros, Mark Dijkstra, Adriano Fontana, Andrei Mesinger, Laura Pentericci, Michele Trenti, Eros Vanzella
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 857/2, 2018, Page(s) L11, ISSN 2041-8213
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aabbab

Results from EDGES High-band. II. Constraints on Parameters of Early Galaxies

Author(s): Raul A. Monsalve, Bradley Greig, Judd D. Bowman, Andrei Mesinger, Alan E. E. Rogers, Thomas J. Mozdzen, Nicholas S. Kern, Nivedita Mahesh
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 863/1, 2018, Page(s) 11, ISSN 1538-4357
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aace54

The Universe Is Reionizing at z ∼ 7: Bayesian Inference of the IGM Neutral Fraction Using Ly α Emission from Galaxies

Author(s): Charlotte A. Mason, Tommaso Treu, Mark Dijkstra, Andrei Mesinger, Michele Trenti, Laura Pentericci, Stephane de Barros, Eros Vanzella
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 856/1, 2018, Page(s) 2, ISSN 1538-4357
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aab0a7

Reionisation & Cosmic Dawn Astrophysics from the Square Kilometre Array: Impact of Observing Strategies

Author(s): Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger, Léon V E Koopmans
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz3138

21cmFAST v3: A Python-integrated C code for generating 3D realizations of the cosmic 21cm signal.

Author(s): Steven Murray, Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger, Julian Muñoz, Yuxiang Qin, Jaehong Park, Catherine Watkinson
Published in: Journal of Open Source Software, Issue 5/54, 2020, Page(s) 2582, ISSN 2475-9066
DOI: 10.21105/joss.02582

Properties of reionization-era galaxies from JWST luminosity functions and 21-cm interferometry

Author(s): Jaehong Park, Nicolas Gillet, Andrei Mesinger, Bradley Greig
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 491/3, 2020, Page(s) 3891-3899, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz3278

The spin–temperature dependence of the 21-cm–LAE cross-correlation

Author(s): Caroline Heneka, Andrei Mesinger
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 496/1, 2020, Page(s) 581-589, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1517

A tale of two sites – I. Inferring the properties of minihalo-hosted galaxies from current observations

Author(s): Yuxiang Qin, Andrei Mesinger, Jaehong Park, Bradley Greig, Julian B Muñoz
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 495/1, 2020, Page(s) 123-140, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1131