DINGO/GAMA /WAVES: HI-halo mass relation
Abstract
We investigate the relation between neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) and dark matter halo mass (HIHM) using observations from the Deep Investigation of Neutral Gas Origins (DINGO) pilot survey 100h data, combined with spectroscopic data from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey and photometric data from the Wide Area VISTA Extragalactic Survey (WAVES) photometric catalog. We employ a combination of direct detections and spectral stacking to probe the HI content of halos across a wide mass range (). By incorporating WAVES photometric members on top of the existing GAMA group catalog, we present a novel approach of extending stacking analyses beyond spectroscopic completeness limits, enabling recovery of satellite HI content otherwise missed. We find that the HIHM relation exhibits a double power-law form, with a turnover near . Central galaxies dominate the halo HI budget below , while satellites dominate at higher halo masses. Including photometric members increases the measured HI content in halos above by a factor of 1.5-3, highlighting the importance of gas-rich satellites in the group and cluster regime. Comparison with previous group-stacking studies shows that low-surface brightness galaxies, and intra-group HI structures contribute only a minor fraction to the total HI mass in group and cluster halos, as the summed galaxy HI masses are consistent with the total halo HI content.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.26389,
title = {DINGO/GAMA /WAVES: HI-halo mass relation},
author = {Ajay Dev and Martin Meyer and Simon P. Driver and Jonghwan Rhee and Trystan S. Lambert and Paul Nulsen and Richard Dodson and Tobias Westmeier and Matthew Whiting and Sabine Bellstedt and Aaron Robotham and Jochen Liske and Elmo Tempel and Ivan Baldry and Jon Loveday and Luke Davies and Barbara Catinella and Michael J. I. Brown and Kristine Spekkens and Benne W. Holwerda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.26389},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in MNRAS. Comments are welcome