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Line intensity mapping is a superb tool to study the collective radiation from early galaxies. However, the method is hampered by the presence of strong foregrounds, mostly produced by low-redshift interloping lines. We present here a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 Paolo Comaschi , Andrea Ferrara

Infrared fine-structure emission lines from trace metals are powerful diagnostics of the interstellar medium in galaxies. We explore the possibility of studying the redshifted far-IR fine-structure line emission using the three-dimensional…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Bade D. Uzgil , James E. Aguirre , Charles M. Bradford , Adam Lidz

Initial density distribution provides a basis for understanding the complete evolution of cosmological density fluctuations. While reconstruction in our local Universe exploits the observations of galaxy surveys with large volumes,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-28 Meng Zhou , Yi Mao

Sub-millimeter emission lines are important tracers of the cold gas and ionized environments of galaxies and are the targets for future line intensity mapping surveys. Physics-based simulations that predict multiple emission lines arising…

Rest-frame UV emission lines offer the possibility to directly image the gas around high-redshift galaxies with upcoming optical instruments. We use a suite of large, hydrodynamical simulations to predict the nature and detectability of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Serena Bertone , Joop Schaye

Context. The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) line intensity mapping (LIM) survey will measure the power spectrum (PS) of the singly ionized carbon 158 $\rm \mu$m fine-structure line, [CII], to trace the appearance of the first…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-24 C. Karoumpis , B. Magnelli , E. Romano-Díaz , K. Garcia , A. Dev , J. Clarke , T. -M. Wang , T. Badescu , D. Riechers , F. Bertoldi

Hydrogen deuteride (HD) is prevalent in a wide variety of astrophysical environments, and measuring its large-scale distribution at different epochs can in principle provide information about the properties of these environments. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-16 Patrick C. Breysse , Simon Foreman , Laura C. Keating , Joel Meyers , Norman Murray

We explore the detection, with upcoming spectroscopic surveys, of three-dimensional power spectra of emission line fluctuations produced in different phases of the Interstellar Medium (ISM) by ionized carbon, ionized nitrogen and neutral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-27 Paolo Serra , Olivier Doré , Guilaine Lagache

Constraining the properties of Population III (Pop III) stars will be very challenging because they reside in small galaxies at high redshift which will be difficult to directly detect. In this paper, we suggest that intensity mapping may…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-01 Eli Visbal , Zoltan Haiman , Greg L. Bryan

Line intensity mapping (LIM) can provide a powerful means to constrain the theory of gravity and the nature of dark energy at low and high redshifts by mapping the large-scale structure (LSS) over many redshift epochs. In this paper, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-18 Azadeh Moradinezhad Dizgah , Emilio Bellini , Garrett K. Keating

Line intensity mapping (LIM) has emerged as a promising tool for probing the 3D large-scale structure through the aggregate emission of spectral lines. The presence of interloper lines poses a crucial challenge in extracting the signal from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-22 Yun-Ting Cheng , Kailai Wang , Benjamin D. Wandelt , Tzu-Ching Chang , Olivier Doré

The epoch of reionization (EoR), marking the Universe's transition from a neutral to ionized state, represents a pivotal phase for understanding the formation of the first stars and galaxies. Intensity mapping of atomic and molecular lines,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-17 Anirban Roy , Anthony Pullen , Patrick C. Breysse , Rachel S. Somerville

Line intensity mapping (LIM) serves as a potent probe in astrophysics, relying on the statistical analysis of integrated spectral line emissions originating from distant star-forming galaxies. While LIM observations hold the promise of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-25 Anirban Roy , Nicholas Battaglia

Precision cosmology requires accurate galaxy redshifts, but next generation optical surveys will observe unprecedented numbers of resolved galaxies, placing strain on the amount of spectroscopic follow-up required. We show how useful…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 Steven Cunnington , Ian Harrison , Alkistis Pourtsidou , David Bacon

Intensity mapping of the HI 21 cm line and the CO 2.61 mm line from the epoch of reionization has emerged as powerful, complementary, probes of the high-redshift Universe. However, both maps and their cross-correlation are dominated by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-11 Meng Zhou , Jianrong Tan , Yi Mao

Current and future generations of intensity mapping surveys promise dramatic improvements in our understanding of galaxy evolution and large-scale structure. An intensity map provides a census of the cumulative emission from all galaxies in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-05 Trevor M. Oxholm , Eric R. Switzer

Radiative transfer calculations have predicted intensity enhancements for optically thick emission lines, as opposed to the normal intensity reductions, for astrophysical plasmas under certain conditions. In particular, the results are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 F. P. Keenan , D. J. Christian , S. J. Rose , M. Mathioudakis

Line intensity mapping (LIM) is an emerging technique with a unique potential to probe a wide range of scales and redshifts. Realizing the full potential of LIM, however, relies on accurate modeling of the signal. We introduce an extended…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-23 Azadeh Moradinezhad Dizgah , Farnik Nikakhtar , Garrett K. Keating , Emanuele Castorina

We calculate the absolute intensity and anisotropies of the Lyman-alpha radiation field present during the epoch of reionization. We consider emission from both galaxies and the intergalactic medium (IGM) and take into account the main…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Marta B. Silva , Mario G. Santos , Yan Gong , Asantha Cooray , James Bock

A new generation of cosmological experiments will spectroscopically detect the H$\alpha$ line from ELGs at optical/near-infrared frequencies. Other emission lines will also be present, which may come from the same H$\alpha$ sample or…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-02 José Fonseca , Stefano Camera