The EDGES Analysis Pipeline: Description and Validation
Abstract
The sky-averaged redshifted 21-cm signal from Cosmic Dawn is expected to provide a unique view of the first compact objects. However, its measurement remains daunting. Difficulties are driven by the large dynamic contrast between the intervening foregrounds and the signal-of-interest, which places extremely high demands on instrumental calibration and data quality measures. The ongoing debate within the field concerning the evidence of a potential first detection by the EDGES experiment highlights the need for a more robust set of analysis methods and tools that are reliable and accessible. In this paper, we detail for the first time the precise calibration and analysis methodology adopted in previous EDGES data releases. These methods are presented in the context of a new open-source end-to-end analysis and simulation package for 21-cm global signal experiments that both formalizes these methods and provides general tools for the broader community. Finally, we describe the raw data used in previous EDGES papers and release these data publicly for extended scrutiny.
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BibTeX
@misc{murray2026edges,
title = {{The EDGES Analysis Pipeline: Description and Validation}},
author = {Steven G. Murray and Nivedita Mahesh and Akshatha K. Vydula and Peter Sims and Judd Bowman and Raul A. Monsalve and Alan E. E. Rogers and Rigel C. Capallo and John P. Barrett and Colin J. Lonsdale},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2605.16643},
eprint = {2605.16643},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16643},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - The EDGES Analysis Pipeline: Description and Validation
AU - Steven G. Murray
AU - Nivedita Mahesh
AU - Akshatha K. Vydula
AU - Peter Sims
AU - Judd Bowman
AU - Raul A. Monsalve
AU - Alan E. E. Rogers
AU - Rigel C. Capallo
AU - John P. Barrett
AU - Colin J. Lonsdale
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/30
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2605.16643
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16643
AB - The sky-averaged redshifted 21-cm signal from Cosmic Dawn is expected to provide a unique view of the first compact objects. However, its measurement remains daunting. Difficulties are driven by the large dynamic contrast between the intervening foregrounds and the signal-of-interest, which places extremely high demands on instrumental calibration and data quality measures. The ongoing debate within the field concerning the evidence of a potential first detection by the EDGES experiment highlights the need for a more robust set of analysis methods and tools that are reliable and accessible. In this paper, we detail for the first time the precise calibration and analysis methodology adopted in previous EDGES data releases. These methods are presented in the context of a new open-source end-to-end analysis and simulation package for 21-cm global signal experiments that both formalizes these methods and provides general tools for the broader community. Finally, we describe the raw data used in previous EDGES papers and release these data publicly for extended scrutiny.
ER -