Abstract

The Cosmic Dawn marks the first star formations and preceded the Epoch-of-Reionization, when the Universe underwent a fundamental transformation propelled by the radiation from these first stars and galaxies. Interferometric 21-cm experiments aim to probe redshifted neutral hydrogen signals from these periods, constraining the conditions of the early Universe. The SKA -LOW instrument of the Square Kilometre Array telescope is envisaged to be the largest and most sensitive radio telescope at m and cm wavelengths. In this talk we present a full SKA pipeline that consist of forward modelling and data analysis that were also tested in the SKA Science Data Challenge 3a: Epoch of Reionisation (SKA SDC3a) to process the novel data products expected from the SKA . The forward modelling enables simulation of the astrophysical signals from the Epoch of Reionization and chosen systematic effects of the SKA -LOW. In the analysis part we implement predictive foreground and Bayesian Gaussian Process Regression models alongside a foreground avoidance strategy to isolate the 21-cm signal from that of the astrophysical radio frequency (RF) foregrounds. Together these will determine whether a successful 21-cm detection is possible with the envisaged SKA .