Precision  Array  Probing  Epoch  of  Reioniza5on  (PAPER)  

 

Aaron  Parsons  -­‐  Principal  Inves5gator  David  DeBoer  -­‐  Project  Manager  

 Hydrogen  Epoch  of  Reioniza5on  

Array  (HERA)  

COSMIC  REIONIZATION  

21-­‐cm  Cosmology  

PAPER   HERA  •  PAPER  has  world-­‐best  result  for  the  science  to-­‐date.  

•  PAPER  has  shown  us  the  next  steps…  

 

•  HERA  will  make  a  robust  detec5on  of  the  EOR  

•  HERA  will  mark  the  beginning  of  precision  Cosmic  Dawn  science.  

US  Na5onal  Academy  Decadal  Survey  

“New  Worlds,  New  Horizons”  

“The HERA project provides a development pathway for SKA-low…”

“HERA has the panel’s top science ranking…”

Collabora5on  for  Astronomy  Signal    Processing  and  Electronics  Research  

PAPER/HERA  Correlator  

The  HERA  14-­‐m  Dish  

HERA-­‐331  

Area  (m2)   Signal/Noise  Moderate  

Signal/Noise  Op8mis8c  

SKA-­‐low   833,190   36   218  HERA   84,238   38   133  LOFAR-­‐core   35,762   2.8   17  

MWA-­‐128   3584   2.5   6.4  

PAPER-­‐128   1188   2.0   4.8  

HERA  Planned  Schedule  

hcp://ral.berkeley.edu/  

hcp://reioniza5on.org/