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Optical emission line diagnostics, which are a common tool to constrain the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies, become progressively inaccessible at higher redshifts for ground-based facilities. Far-infrared (FIR)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-17 Alice Schimek , Claudia Cicone , Sijing Shen , Davide Decataldo , Pamela Klaassen , Lucio Mayer

The [CII] fine--structure line at 158um is an excellent tracer of the warm diffuse gas in the ISM and the interfaces between molecular clouds and their surrounding atomic and ionized envelopes. Here we present the initial results from…

[Abridged] The [CII] 158um line is an important tool for understanding the life cycle of interstellar matter. Ionized carbon is present in a variety of phases of the interstellar medium, including the diffuse ionized medium, warm and cold…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Jorge L. Pineda , William D. Langer , Thangasamy Velusamy , Paul F. Goldsmith

We present the first systematic investigation of the [NeV] (14um/24um) and [SIII] (18um/33um) infrared line flux ratios, traditionally used to estimate the density of the ionized gas, in a sample of 41 Type 1 and Type 2 active galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 R. P. Dudik , J. C. Weingartner , S. Satyapal , J. Fischer , C. C. Dudley , B. O'Halloran

We present one of the first resolved maps of the [CII] 158 micron line, a powerful tracer of the star forming inter-stellar medium, at high redshift. We use the new IRAM PdBI receivers at 350 GHz to map this line in BRI 0952-0115, the host…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 S. Gallerani , R. Neri , R. Maiolino , S. Martin , C. De Breuck , F. Walter , P. Caselli , M. Krips , M. Meneghetti , T. Nagao , J. Wagg , M. Walmsley

The Herschel Dwarf Galaxy Survey investigates the interplay of star formation activity and the the metal-poor gas and dust of dwarf galaxies using FIR and submillimetre imaging spectroscopic and photometric observations in the 50 to 550mu…

The [C II] fine-structure line at 157.74 $\mu$m is one of the brightest far-infrared emission lines and an important probe of galaxy properties like the star formation rate (SFR) and the molecular gas mass ($M_{\mathrm{mol}}$). Using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-30 Prachi Khatri , Emilio Romano-Díaz , Cristiano Porciani

The far-infrared [C II] 158 micrometer fine structure transition is considered to be a dominant coolant in the interstellar medium. For this reason, under the assumption of a thermal steady state, it may be used to infer the heating rate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-25 Nirupam Roy , Stephan Frank , Christopher L. Carilli , Smita Mathur , Karl M. Menten , Arthur M. Wolfe

We examine a sample of 106 galaxies for which the total luminosities of the two fine structure lines $^{3}P_1$$\rightarrow $$^{3}P_{0}$, and $^{3}P_2$$\rightarrow $$^{3}P_{1}$ of neutral atomic carbon (C) are available, and find their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-22 Padelis Papadopoulos , Loretta Dunne , Steve Maddox

We report on ~0.35"(~2 kpc) resolution observations of the [CII] and dust continuum emission from five z>6 quasar host-companion galaxy pairs obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. The [CII] emission is resolved in…

We present Atacama Compact Array and Atacama Pathfinder Experiment observations of the [N II] 205 $\mu$m fine-structure line in 40 sub-millimetre galaxies lying at redshifts z = 3 to 6, drawn from the 2500 deg$^2$ South Pole Telescope…

We report on the discovery of cool gas inflow toward six star-forming galaxies with redshifts z ~ 0.35 - 1. Analysis of MgII and FeII resonance-line absorption in Keck/LRIS spectroscopy of this sample reveals velocity shifts of 80 - 200…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Kate H. R. Rubin , J. Xavier Prochaska , David C. Koo , Andrew C. Phillips

We report on the discovery of cool gas inflows towards three star-forming galaxies at $\left<z\right>\sim$ 2.30. Analysis of Keck Low-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer spectroscopy reveals redshifted low-ionisation interstellar (LIS) metal…

(Abridged) We present fine structure and recombination lines observations of the ionized gas toward a sample of 18 sources located within 300 pc of the center of the Galaxy (GC). The fine structure lines from [NII] and [SIII] have been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. J. Rodriguez-Fernandez , J. Martin-Pintado

We present Herschel observations of six fine-structure lines in 25 Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies at z<0.27. The lines, [O III]52, [N III]57, [O I]63, [N II]122, [O I]145, and [C II]158, are mostly single gaussians with widths <600 km s-1…

We report ALMA observations of the neutral atomic carbon transitions [CI] and multiple CO lines in a sample of $\sim30$ main sequence galaxies at $z\sim1$, including novel information on [CI](2-1) and CO(7-6) for 7 of such normal objects.…

Results are presented for [CII] 158 micron line fluxes observed with the Herschel PACS instrument in 112 sources with both starburst and AGN classifications, of which 102 sources have confident detections. Results are compared with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 L. Sargsyan , V. Lebouteiller , D. Weedman , H. Spoon , J. Bernard-Salas , D. Engels , G. Stacey , J. Houck , D. Barry , J. Miles , A. Samsonyan

We investigate the origin of intervening cool MgII absorption detected in the spectra of background quasars and the nature of associated galaxies across a broad redshift range of $0.3 \le z \le 1.6$. Using nebular [O II]…

Low-ionization-state far-infrared (FIR) emission lines may be useful diagnostics of star-formation activity in young galaxies, and at high redshift may be detectable from the ground. In practice, however, very little is known concerning how…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Gaelen Marsden , Colin Borys , Scott C. Chapman , Mark Halpern , Douglas Scott

We investigate the properties of the cool circumgalactic medium (CGM) of massive galaxies and their cosmic evolution. By using the year 1 dataset of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) and QSOs from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument survey,…