English
Related papers

Related papers: The 21-SPONGE HI Absorption Survey I: Techniques a…

200 papers

We present HI 21cm emission observations of the z ~ 0.00632 sub-damped Lyman-alpha absorber (sub-DLA) towards PG1216+069 made using the Arecibo Telescope and the Very Large Array (VLA). The Arecibo 21cm spectrum corresponds to an HI mass of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-26 Jayaram N. Chengalur , T. Ghosh , C. J. Salter , N. Kanekar , E. Momjian , B. A. Keeney , J. T. Stocke

We use the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) archive of ultraviolet (UV) quasar spectroscopy to conduct the first blind survey for damped Ly-alpha absorbers (DLAs) at low redshift (z < 1.6). Our statistical sample includes 463 quasars with…

Radio spectroscopy at 323 MHz using the Arecibo Telescope and the VLA has produced a tentative detection of the 21cm line of neutral hydrogen at Z_abs=3.38716+-0.00007 in absorption against the radio continuum of the QSO MG0201+113 (Z_em =…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 F. H. Briggs , E. Brinks , A. M. Wolfe

High-resolution 21-cm HI deep fields provide spatially and kinematically resolved neutral gas maps at different redshifts, which are key to understanding galaxy evolution across cosmic time and testing predictions of cosmological…

We present deep GMRT 21cm absorption spectra of 10 damped Lyman-$\alpha$ systems (DLAs), of which 8 are at redshifts $z \ga 1.3$. HI absorption was detected in only one DLA, the $z = 0.5318$ absorber toward PKS 1629+12, which has been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Nissim Kanekar , Jayaram N Chengalur

We present the results of a large search for intrinsic HI 21 cm and OH 18 cm absorption in 145 compact radio sources in the redshift range 0.02< z <3.8 with the Green Bank Telescope. We re-detect HI 21 cm absorption toward six known…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-27 Kathryn Grasha , Jeremy Darling , Alberto Bolatto , Adam K. Leroy , John T. Stocke

We report the detection of HI 21 cm absorption from the $z=2.289$ damped Lyman-$\alpha$ system (DLA) towards TXS 0311+430, with the Green Bank Telescope. The 21 cm absorption has a velocity spread (between nulls) of $\sim 110$ km s$^{-1}$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Brian A. York , Nissim Kanekar , Sara L. Ellison , Max Pettini

To search for low-redshift damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) and sub-DLA quasar absorbers, we have conducted a 21cm absorption survey of radio-loud quasars at small impact parameters to foreground galaxies selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Sanchayeeta Borthakur , Todd M. Tripp , Min S. Yun , Emmanuel Momjian , Joseph D. Meiring , David V. Bowen , Donald G. York

We have used the Arecibo telescope to carry out an survey of 31 dark clouds in the Taurus/Perseus region for narrow absorption features in HI ($\lambda$ 21cm) and OH (1667 and 1665 MHz) emission. We detected HI narrow self--absorption…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Di Li , Paul F. Goldsmith

At present neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) gas in galaxies at redshifts above $z \sim 0.3$ (the extent of 21-cm emission surveys in individual galaxies) and below $z \sim 1.7$ (where the Lyman-$\alpha$ line is not observable with ground-based…

The 21-cm intensity mapping (IM) of neutral hydrogen (HI) is a promising tool to probe the large-scale structures. Sky maps of 21-cm intensities can be highly contaminated by different foregrounds, such as Galactic synchrotron radiation,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-01 Elimboto Yohana , Yin-Zhe Ma , Di Li , Xuelei Chen , Wei-Ming Dai

HI 21-cm absorption spectroscopy provides a unique probe of the cold neutral gas in normal and active galaxies from redshift z > 6 to the present day. We describe the status of HI absorption studies, the plans for pathfinders/precursors,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-01-07 Raffaella Morganti , Elaine M. Sadler , Stephen J. Curran , the SKA HI SWG Members

Neutral hydrogen 21 cm transition is a useful tracer of the neutral interstellar medium. However, inferring physical condition from the observed 21 cm absorption and/or emission spectra is often not straightforward. One complication in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-13 Atanu Koley , Nirupam Roy

We present the first results from the Small Magellanic Cloud portion of a new Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) HI absorption survey of both of the Magellanic Clouds, comprising over 800 hours of observations. Our new HI absorption…

The 21 cm hyperfine transition of the atomic hydrogen (HI) in ground state is a powerful probe of the neutral gas content of the universe. This radio frequency transition has been used routinely for decades to observe, both in emission and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-26 Preetha Saha , Nirupam Roy , Mukul Bhattacharya

We report results from a deep search for redshifted HI 21cm absorption from eight damped Lyman-$\alpha$ absorbers (DLAs) detected in our earlier optical survey for DLAs towards radio-loud quasars. HI 21cm absorption was detected from the $z…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Nissim Kanekar , Sara L. Ellison , Emmanuel Momjian , Brian A. York , Max Pettini

We have used the 610 MHz receivers of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) to detect associated HI 21cm absorption from the $z = 1.2230$ blazar TXS1954+513. The GMRT HI 21cm absorption is likely to arise against either the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-11 J. N. H. S. Aditya , Nissim Kanekar , J. Xavier Prochaska , Brandon Day , Paul Lynam , Jocelyn Cruz

The HI 21cm absorption optical depth and the N(HI) derived from Lya absorption can be combined to yield the spin temperature (Ts) of DLAs. Although Ts measurements exist for samples of DLAs with z <0.6 and z >1.7, the intermediate redshift…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Sara L. Ellison , Nissim Kanekar , J. Xavier Prochaska , Emmanuel Momjian , Gabor Worseck

We present an ultraviolet spectroscopic survey of strong H I absorbers in the intergalactic medium, probing their evolution over the last 6-7 Gyr at redshifts $0.24 \leq z \leq 0.84$. We measure column densities $N_{\rm HI} \,( {\rm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-15 J. Michael Shull , Charles W. Danforth , Evan M. Tilton , Joshua Moloney , Matthew L. Stevans

We report the emergence of a new HI 21-cm absorption at z_abs = 1.172635 in the damped Lyman-alpha absorber (DLA) towards the gamma-ray blazar PKS 2355-106 (z_em~1.639) using science verification observations (June 2020) from the MeerKAT…