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The angular cross-correlation between two galaxy samples separated in redshift is shown to be a useful measure of weak lensing by large-scale structure. Angular correlations in faint galaxies arise due to spatial clustering of the galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 R. Moessner , Bhuvnesh Jain

Recent detections of high-redshift absorption by both atomic hydrogen and molecular gas in the radio spectra of quasars have provided a powerful tool to measure possible temporal and spatial variations of physical `constants' in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. J. Drinkwater , J. K. Webb , J. D. Barrow , V. V. Flambaum

We present redshift space two-point ($\xi$), three-point ($\zeta$) and reduced three-point (Q) correlations of Ly$\alpha$ absorbers (Voigt profile components having HI column density, $N_{\rm HI}>10^{13.5}$cm$^{-2}$) over three redshift…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-01 Soumak Maitra , Raghunathan Srianand , Prakash Gaikwad

We present the analysis of a survey of atomic and molecular gas in interacting and merging galaxies (Horellou & Booth 1997). The sample is optically selected and contains all interacting galaxies (~ 60 systems) in a well-defined region of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Cathy Horellou , Roy Booth , Bruno Karlsson

We use the 2dF Galaxy Group Catalogue constructed by Merch\'an & Zandivarez to study the large scale structure of the Universe traced by galaxy groups. We concentrate on the computation of the power spectrum and the two point correlation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ariel Zandivarez , Manuel E. Merchan , Nelson D. Padilla

We propose a method using the redshift dependence of the Alcock-Paczynski (AP) test and volume effect to measure the cosmic expansion history. The galaxy two-point correlation function as a function of angle, $\xi(\mu)$, is measured at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-07 Xiao-Dong Li , Changbom Park , Cristiano G. Sabiu , Juhan Kim

We measure the neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) gas content of field galaxies at intermediate redshifts of z ~ 0.1 and z ~ 0.2 using hydrogen 21-cm emission lines observed with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT). In order to make…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Jonghwan Rhee , Martin A. Zwaan , Frank H. Briggs , Jayaram N. Chengalur , Philip Lah , Tom Oosterloo , Thijs van der Hulst

We present the first measurement of the angular correlation function in a $K$-selected galaxy survey, from two fields covering almost 10 square degrees. The angular correlation function at small angles is well described by a $\theta^{-0.8}$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 C. M. Baugh , J. P. Gardner , C. S. Frenk , R. M. Sharples

We analyze the 2-point correlation function (2PCF) of galaxy groups identified from the 2-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey with the halo based group finder recently developed by Yang et al (2004b). With this group catalogue we are able…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Xiaohu Yang , H. J. Mo , Frank C. van den Bosch , Y. P. Jing

We investigate the impact of environment on the metallicity of the diffuse intergalactic medium. We use pixel correlation techniques to search for weak CIV and OVI absorption in the spectrum of quasar Q1422+231 in regions of the spectrum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Matthew M. Pieri , Joop Schaye , Anthony Aguirre

We present results of the MUSE-ALMA Halos, an ongoing study of the Circum-Galactic Medium (CGM) of low redshift galaxies (z < 1.4), currently comprising 14 strong HI absorbers in five quasar fields. We detect 43 galaxies associated with…

We study the multi-phase circumgalactic medium (CGM) of emission line galaxies (ELGs) at $z\sim1.5$, traced by MgII$\lambda2796$, $\lambda2803$ and CIV$\lambda1548$, $\lambda1550$ absorption lines, using approximately 7,000 ELG-quasar pairs…

Absorption outflows in quasars play an important role in understanding active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback and their influence on galaxy evolution. The unprecedented spectral data provided by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-02 Maryam Dehghanian , Nahum Arav , Mayank Sharma , Gwen Walker , Kyle Johnston , Matthew Kaupin , Justin Gandhi

We examine the clustering of galaxies around a sample of 20 luminous low redshift (z<0.30) quasars observed with the Wide Field Camera-2 on the Hubble Space Telescope. The HST resolution makes possible galaxy identification brighter than…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Karl B. Fisher , John N. Bahcall , Sofia Kirhakos , Donald P. Schneider

We use observations and simulation to study the relationship between star-forming galaxies and the intergalactic medium at z~3. The observed galaxy sample is based on spectroscopic redshift data from a combination of the VLT LBG Redshift…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-02 P. Tummuangpak , R. Bielby , T. Shanks , N. H. M. Crighton , H. Francke , L. Infante , T. Theuns

We study the $z\approx3.5$ intergalactic medium (IGM) by comparing new, high-quality absorption spectra of eight QSOs with $\langle z_{\rm QSO} \rangle=3.75$, to virtual observations of the EAGLE cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-25 Monica L. Turner , Joop Schaye , Robert A. Crain , Tom Theuns , Martin Wendt

We investigate the properties of the circumgalactic gas in the halo of quasar host galaxies from CIV absorption line systems. Optical spectroscopy of closely aligned pairs of quasars (projected distance \leq 200 kpc) obtained at the Gran…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-27 M. Landoni , R. Falomo , A. Treves , R. Scarpa , E. P. Farina

We have used GIM2D to quantify the morphological properties of 40 intermediate redshift MgII absorption-selected galaxies (0.03<Wr(2796)<2.9 Ang), imaged with WFPC-2/HST, and compared them to the halo gas properties measured form HIRES/Keck…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 G. G. Kacprzak , C. W. Churchill , Jessica L. Evans , M. T. Murphy , Charles C. Steidel

We present a statistical measurement of the transverse coherence of Mg II $\lambda\lambda2796,2803$ absorption using a large sample of 9204 absorber-centric quasar sightline pairs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We quantify the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-11 Paryag Sharma , Raghunathan Srianand , Hum Chand , Labanya Kumar Guha

We present results from the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey (KBSS), a unique spectroscopic survey designed to explore the connection between galaxies and intergalactic baryons. The KBSS is optimized for the redshift range z ~ 2-3, combining…