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We have made HI 21cm-line absorption measurements using the GMRT towards 15 directions in the Galaxy which are known to have high random velocity clouds as seen in the optical absorption lines of CaII and NaI. For the first time, in 6 out…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rekhesh Mohan , K. S. Dwarakanath , G. Srinivasan , Jayaram N. Chengalur

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

We have carried out a sensitive high-latitude (|b| > 15deg.) HI 21cm-line absorption survey towards 102 sources using the GMRT. With a 3-sigma detection limit in optical depth of ~0.01, this is the most sensitive HI absorption survey. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Rekhesh Mohan , K. S. Dwarakanath , G. Srinivasan

Using the recently completed Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope, we have detected the HI 21 cm-line absorption from the peculiar galaxy C153 in the galaxy cluster Abell 2125. The HI absorption is at a redshift of 0.2533, with a peak optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 K. S. Dwarakanath , F. N. Owen

We report the first detections of associated H{\sc i} 21\,cm absorption in Gigahertz-peaked-spectrum (GPS) sources at high redshifts, $z > 1$, using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). Our GMRT search for associated H{\sc i} 21\,cm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-25 J. N. H. S. Aditya , Nissim Kanekar

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

We have used the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) to measure the Galactic HI 21-cm line absorption towards 102 extragalactic radio continuum sources, located at high (|b| >15deg.) Galactic latitudes. The Declination coverage of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Rekhesh Mohan , K. S. Dwarakanath , G. Srinivasan

We have searched for HI 21-cm absorption in 11 strong MgII systems ($W_{\rm r}$(MgII $\lambda 2796$) $\ge 1$ \AA) at $0.3<z<0.5$ using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. We have detected HI 21-cm absorption in two of these. From the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-12 Rajeshwari Dutta , Raghunathan Srianand , Neeraj Gupta , Ravi Joshi

WSRT observations have provided a first inventory of the incidence of HI 21 cm line absorption associated with AGN at redshifts up to z=1.0. There is a large range in line depths, from tau=0.44 to tau less than 0.001, and a substantial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. C. Vermeulen

In the preceding paper (paper I), we presented HI absorption spectra towards radio sources very close to the lines of sight towards 25 bright stars against which optical absorption spectra had been obtained earlier. In this paper we analyse…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jayadev Rajagopal , G. Srinivasan , K. S. Dwarakanath

I report detections of four new HI 21-cm absorbers associated with sources at intermediate redshifts, 0.7 < z < 1.0. The sources are part of a sample of 11 radio-loud galaxies, all at 0.7 < z < 1.0, that were searched for associated HI…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-28 J. N. H. S. Aditya

We carried out synthetic observations of interstellar atomic hydrogen at 21cm wavelength by utilizing the magneto-hydrodynamical numerical simulations of the inhomogeneous turbulent interstellar medium (ISM) Inoue and Inutsuka (2012). The…

Different physical processes in galaxy evolution, such as galaxy mergers that lead to coalescence of dual Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and outflows emanating from the narrow line region, can leave their imprint on the optical spectra of AGN…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-08 Rajeshwari Dutta , Raghunathan Srianand

We have detected HI 21cm line absorption by the Warm Neutral Medium (WNM) using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. The absorption was detected toward Cygnus A at LSR velocities of -40 and -70 km s^{-1}. These two velocity ranges were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 C. L. Carilli , K. S. Dwarakanath , W. M. Goss

We investigate the radio afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and hypernovae (HNe) at high redshifts and quantify their detectability, as well as their potential usefulness for 21 cm absorption line studies of the intergalactic medium…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kunihito Ioka , Peter Meszaros

We have searched for HI 21cm absorption toward the two brightest radio AGN at high redshift, J0924--2201 at $z = 5.20$, and J0913+5919 at $z=5.11$, using the Giant Meter Wave Radio Telescope (GMRT). These data set a 3$\sigma$ upper limit to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. L. Carilli , Ran Wang , M. van Hoven , K. Dwarakanath , J. Chengalur , S. Wyithe

We present results of a blind search for Galactic HI 21-cm absorption lines toward 19130 radio sources, using 390 pointings of MALS, each pointing centered on a source brighter than 200 mJy. We detected 3640 HI absorption features. This…

We report a uGMRT detection of HI 21-cm absorption associated with the radio source 8C 0604+728, at $z = 3.52965$. The source is at the highest redshift at which associated HI 21-cm absorption has been discovered to date, surpassing earlier…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-20 J. N. H. S. Aditya , Regina Jorgenson , Vishal Joshi , Veeresh Singh , Tao An , Yogesh Chandola

We present Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) observations of redshifted 21-cm absorption from the $z=0.437$ metal line absorption system towards PKS 1243-072. HI absorption is clearly detected; the absorption profile has a velocity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Nissim Kanekar , Ramana M. Athreya , Jayaram N. Chengalur

We have recently used the Hubble Space Telescope to study a pair of high velocity clouds in the direction of Mrk 509 that have unusual ionization properties. They exhibit strong CIV absorption with little or no low ion absorption or HI 21cm…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kenneth R. Sembach , Blair D. Savage , Limin Lu , Edward M. Murphy
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