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CDIM: Cosmic Dawn Intensity Mapper Final Report

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abstract

The Cosmic Dawn Intensity Mapper (CDIM) will transform our understanding of the era of reionization when the Universe formed the first stars and galaxies, and UV photons ionized the neutral medium. CDIM goes beyond the capabilities of upcoming facilities by carrying out wide area spectro-imaging surveys, providing redshifts of galaxies and quasars during reionization as well as spectral lines that carry crucial information on their physical properties. CDIM will make use of unprecedented sensitivity to surface brightness to measure the intensity fluctuations of reionization on large-scales to provide a valuable and complementary dataset to 21-cm experiments. The baseline mission concept is an 83-cm infrared telescope equipped with a focal plane of 24 \times 20482 detectors capable of R = 300 spectro-imaging observations over the wavelength range of 0.75 to 7.5 {\mu}m using Linear Variable Filters (LVFs). CDIM provides a large field of view of 7.8 deg2 allowing efficient wide area surveys, and instead of moving instrumental components, spectroscopic mapping is obtained through a shift-and-stare strategy through spacecraft operations. CDIM design and capabilities focus on the needs of detecting faint galaxies and quasars during reionization and intensity fluctuation measurements of key spectral lines, including Lyman-{\alpha} and H{\alpha} radiation from the first stars and galaxies. The design is low risk, carries significant science and engineering margins, and makes use of technologies with high technical readiness level for space observations.

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2026 4 2025 1

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Signatures of Accreting Black Holes in Line Intensity Mapping

astro-ph.GA · 2026-06-01 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Accreting black holes contribute 40-60% of the mean Hα intensity and 60-80% of the mean He II intensity at cosmic noon in LIM, dominating the shot-noise term and boosting small-scale power.

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