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Observations of neutral hydrogen can provide a wealth of information about the kinematics of galaxies. To learn more about the large scale structures and accretion processes, the extended environment of galaxies have to be observed.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Attila Popping , Robert Braun

This study presents the findings of using the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope to measure redshift drift via the HI 21cm signal, employing semi-annual observational interval within redshift around z $\sim$ 1 with main goal is to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-08 Jiangang Kang , Tong-Jie Zhang , Peng He , Ming Zhu

Removing contaminants is a delicate, yet crucial step in neutral hydrogen (HI) intensity mapping and often considered the technique's greatest challenge. Here, we address this challenge by analysing HI intensity maps of about $100$ deg$^2$…

We discuss the detection of large scale HI intensity fluctuations using a single dish approach with the ultimate objective of measuring the Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations and constraining the properties of dark energy. We present 3D power…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-12 R. A. Battye , I. W. A. Browne , C. Dickinson , G. Heron , B. Maffei , A. Pourtsidou

HST/WFC3's spatial scan monitor automatically reduces and analyzes time-series data taken in spatial scan mode with the IR grisms. Here we describe the spatial scan monitor pipeline and present results derived from eight years of transiting…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-08 K. B. Stevenson , J. Fowler

In radio astronomy, radio frequency interference (RFI) becomes more and more serious for radio observational facilities. The RFI always influences the search and study of the interesting astronomical objects. Mitigating the RFI becomes an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-03 Chuan-Peng Zhang , Jin-Long Xu , Jie Wang , Yingjie Jing , Ziming Liu , Ming Zhu , Peng Jiang

We present the final data release of the high sensitivity lambda 21-cm neutral hydrogen survey of the sky south of delta < -25 degr. A total of 50980 positions lying on a galactic coordinate grid with points spaced by (Delta l, Delta b) =…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Bajaja , E. M. Arnal , J. J. Larrarte , R. Morras , W. G. L. Poppel , P. M. W. Kalberla

We conducted a drift-scan observation campaign using the 305-m Arecibo telescope in January and March 2020 when the observatory was temporarily closed during the intense earthquakes and the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

We investigate the physical properties of structures seen in channel map observations of 21-cm neutral hydrogen (HI) emission. HI intensity maps display prominent linear structures that are well aligned with the ambient magnetic field in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-11 S. E. Clark , J. E. G. Peek , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes

In this short contribution we consider what types of surveys might be optimally pursued with path-finding instruments of 1%, 10% and finally 100% of the projected SKA sensitivity from the perspective of scientific applications that utilize…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert Braun

A high latitude HI 21 cm-line absorption survey toward extragalactic sources was recently completed using the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT). A total of 104 sources with mod(b) > 15 deg. and with a 21 cm flux density greater than 1…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. S. Dwarakanath

The FAST Ultra-Deep Survey (FUDS) is a blind survey that aims for the direct detection of HI in galaxies at redshifts $z<0.42$. The survey uses the multibeam receiver on the Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) to map six…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-04 Hongwei Xi , Bo Peng , Lister Staveley-Smith , Bi-Qing For , Bin Liu

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is one of its five key science objectives. We conducted a targeted…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-09 Guang-Yuan Song , Zhen-Zhao Tao , Bo-Lun Huang , Yan Cui , Bo Yu , Tong-Jie Zhang

The Very Small Array (VSA) has been used to survey the l = 27 to 46 deg, |b|<4 deg region of the Galactic plane at a resolution of 13 arcmin. The survey consists of 44 pointings of the VSA, each with a r.m.s. sensitivity of ~90 mJy/beam.…

We present the results of the flux density measurements at 4.85 GHz and 10.45 GHz of a sample of 5998 NVSS radio sources with the Effelsberg 100 m telescope. The initial motivation was the need to identify the NVSS radio sources that could…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 E. Angelakis , A. Kraus , A. C. S. Readhead , J. A. Zensus , R. Bustos , T. P. Krichbaum , A. Witzel , T. J. Pearson

We present the first full release of a survey of the 150 MHz radio sky, observed with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope between April 2010 and March 2012 as part of the TGSS project. Aimed at producing a reliable compact source survey,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 H. T. Intema , P. Jagannathan , K. P. Mooley , D. A. Frail

The neutral hydrogen 21-cm spectral line (1420.4 MHz) and the four 18-cm lines of the hydroxyl molecule (1612-1720 MHz) are observable at redshifts which put their measured line frequencies well below their protected frequency bands. Part…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. R. Fisher , Q. Zhang , Y. Zheng , S. G. Wilson , R. F. Bradley

Intensity mapping surveys will provide access to a coarse view of the cosmic large-scale structure in unprecedented large volumes at high redshifts. Given the large fractions of the sky that can be efficiently scanned using emission from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-09 Oliver Leicht , Cora Uhlemann , Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro , Sandrine Codis , Lars Hernquist , Shy Genel

We have used the Westerbork array to carry out an unbiased wide-field survey for HI emission features, achieving an RMS sensitivity of about 18 mJy/Beam at a velocity resolution of 17 km/s over 1800 deg^2 and between -1000 < V_Hel<+6500…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Robert Braun , David Thilker , Rene Walterbos

We present the first high spatial resolution radio continuum survey of the southern Galactic plane. The CORNISH project has mapped the region defined by $295^{\circ} < l < 350^{\circ}$; $|b| < 1^{\circ}$ at 5.5-GHz, with a resolution of…