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We present a VLT/UVES spectrum of a proximate sub-damped Lyman-alpha (sub-DLA) system at z=2.65618 toward the quasar Q0331-4505 (z_qso=2.6785+/-0.0030). Absorption lines of O I, Si II, Si III, Si IV, C II, C III, C IV, Fe II, Al II, and O…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrew J Fox , Patrick Petitjean , Cédric Ledoux , Raghunathan Srianand

We present high resolution large scale observations of the molecular and atomic gas in the Local Group Galaxy M33. The observations were carried out using the HERA at the 30m IRAM telescope in the CO(2-1) line achieving a resolution of…

We report the detection of high excitation CO emission from the most distant quasar currently known, SDSS J114816.64+525150.3 (hereafter J1148+5251), at a redshift z=6.419. The CO (J=6-5) and (J=7-6) lines were detected using the IRAM…

We present new imaging and spectroscopic observations of the fields of five QSOs with very strong intervening CaII absorption systems at redshifts z<0.5 selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Recent studies of these very rare absorbers…

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of high-J CO lines ($J_\mathrm{up}=6$, 7, 8) and associated dust continuum towards five strongly lensed, dusty, star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) at redshift $z =…

(ABRIDGED) We present a study of the highly ionized gas (plasma) associated with damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) systems at z=2.1-3.1. We search for O VI absorption and corresponding Si IV, C IV, and N V in a Very Large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrew J. Fox , Patrick Petitjean , Cedric Ledoux , Raghunathan Srianand

We present detections of the CO(J= 1-0) emission line in a sample of four massive star-forming galaxies at z~1.5-2.2 obtained with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). Combining these observations with previous CO(2-1) and CO(3-2)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-06-27 M. Aravena , J. A. Hodge , J. Wagg , C. L. Carilli , E. Daddi , H. Dannerbauer , L. Lentati , D. A. Riechers , M. Sargent , F. Walter

We present a detailed analysis of chemical abundances in a sub-damped Ly alpha absorber (sub-DLA) at z=2.187 towards the quasar HE0001-2340 (z_em=2.28) using VLT/UVES data. This sub-DLA system consists of at least 25 individual…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Richter , C. Ledoux , P. Petitjean , J. Bergeron

We present high-resolution HI 21 cm observations with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) for three HI rich galaxies in absorption against radio quasars. Our sample contains six sightlines with impact parameters from 2.6 to 32.4 kpc.…

We observed the high-mass star-forming region G335.579-0.292 with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) at 226 GHz with an angular resolution of 0.3'' ($\sim 1000$ au resolution at the source distance). G335.579-0.292…

We have detected redshifted CO (2-1) emission at 43 GHz and radio continuum emission at 1.47 and 4.86 GHz from the z = 4.4 QSO BRI 1335-0417 using the Very Large Array. The CO data imply optically thick emission from warm (>30 K) molecular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Christopher L. Carilli , Karl M. Menten , Min Su Yun

We present a detailed analysis of a very unusual sub-damped Lyman alpha (sub-DLA) system at redshift z=2.304 towards the quasar Q0453-423, based on high signal-to-noise (S/N), high-resolution spectral data obtained with VLT/UVES. With a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 Anne Fox , Philipp Richter

We present the detection of [OIII] emission lines from the galaxies responsible for two high-redshift z>1.75 damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) absorption lines. These are the first detections of rest-frame optical emission lines from high-redshift…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-10 S. J. Weatherley , S. J. Warren , P. Moller , S. M. Fall , J. U. Fynbo , S. M. Croom

We present high-resolution CO(1-0) observations of the lensed submillimeter galaxy (SMG) SMM J14011+0252 at z=2.6. Comparison to the previously-detected CO(3-2) line gives an intensity ratio of r_3,1=0.97+/-0.16 in temperature units, larger…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Chelsea E. Sharon , Andrew J. Baker , Andrew I. Harris , Alasdair P. Thomson

We present a high resolution (down to 0.18"), multi-transition imaging study of the molecular gas in the z = 4.05 submillimeter galaxy GN20. GN20 is one of the most luminous starburst galaxy known at z > 4, and is a member of a rich…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 C. L. Carilli , E. Daddi , D. Riechers , F. Walter , A. Weiss , H. Dannerbauer , G. E. Morrison , J. Wagg , Romeel Dave , D. Elbaz , D. Stern , M. Dickinson , M. Krips , M. Aravena

We report new imaging and spectroscopic observations of the damped Ly alpha (DLA) galaxy SBS 1543+593, a nearby dwarf galaxy whose stellar disk is intersected by the sightline to the bright background QSO HS 1543+5921. Hubble Space…

We present the results of three separate searches for HI 21-cm absorption in a total of twelve damped Lyman-alpha absorption systems (DLAs) and sub-DLAs over the redshift range z = 0.86-3.37. We find no absorption in the five systems for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. J. Curran , P. Tzanavaris , J. K. Darling , M. T. Whiting , J. K. Webb C. Bignell , R. Athreya , M. T. Murphy

Simulations predict that circumgalactic hydrogen gas surrounding massive ($M_{\rm{halo}}^{z=1}=10^{12}-10^{13}\ M_{\odot}$) galaxies at $z\sim4$ may be predominantly neutral, and could produce damped Ly$\alpha$ absorbers (DLAs) along…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-10 Alon Gurman , Amiel Sternberg , Shmuel Bialy , Rachel K. Cochrane , Jonathan Stern

The damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) and sub-DLA quasar absorption lines provide powerful probes of the evolution of metals, gas, and stars in galaxies. One major obstacle in trying to understand the evolution of DLAs and sub-DLAs has been the…

We investigate the practice of assigning high spin temperatures to damped Lyman-alpha absorption systems (DLAs) not detected in HI 21-cm absorption. In particular, Kanekar & Chengaulr (2003) have attributed the mix of 21-cm detections and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. J. Curran , M. T. Murphy , Y. M. Pihlstroem , J. K. Webb , C. R. Purcell