Searching for HI around MHONGOOSE Galaxies via Spectral Stacking

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Main Authors: Veronese, S., de Blok, W. J. G., Healy, J., Kleiner, D., Marasco, A., Maccagni, F. M., Kamphuis, P., Brinks, E., Holwerda, B. W., Zabel, N., Chemin, L., Adams, E. A. K., Kurapati, S., Sorgho, A., Spekkens, K., Combes, F., Pisano, D. J., Walter, F., Amram, P., Bigiel, F., Wong, O. I., Athanassoula, E.
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author Veronese, S.
de Blok, W. J. G.
Healy, J.
Kleiner, D.
Marasco, A.
Maccagni, F. M.
Kamphuis, P.
Brinks, E.
Holwerda, B. W.
Zabel, N.
Chemin, L.
Adams, E. A. K.
Kurapati, S.
Sorgho, A.
Spekkens, K.
Combes, F.
Pisano, D. J.
Walter, F.
Amram, P.
Bigiel, F.
Wong, O. I.
Athanassoula, E.
author_facet Veronese, S.
de Blok, W. J. G.
Healy, J.
Kleiner, D.
Marasco, A.
Maccagni, F. M.
Kamphuis, P.
Brinks, E.
Holwerda, B. W.
Zabel, N.
Chemin, L.
Adams, E. A. K.
Kurapati, S.
Sorgho, A.
Spekkens, K.
Combes, F.
Pisano, D. J.
Walter, F.
Amram, P.
Bigiel, F.
Wong, O. I.
Athanassoula, E.
contents The observed star formation rates of galaxies in the Local Universe suggests that they are replenishing their gas reservoir across cosmic time. Cosmological simulations predict that this accretion of fresh gas can occur in a hot or a cold mode, yet the existence of low column density ($\sim10^{17}$ cm$^{-2}$) neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) tracing the cold mode has not been unambiguously confirmed by observations. We present the application of unconstrained spectral stacking to attempt to detect the emission from this HI in the Circum-Galactic Medium (CGM) and Inter-Galactic Medium (IGM) of 6 nearby star forming galaxies from the MHONGOOSE sample for which full-depth observations are available. Our stacking procedure consists of a standard spectral stacking algorithm coupled with a one-dimensional spectral line finder designed to extract reliable signal close to the noise level. In agreement with previous studies, we found that the amount of signal detected outside the HI disk is much smaller than implied by simulations. Furthermore, the column density limit that we achieve via stacking ($\sim10^{17}$ cm$^{-2}$) suggests that direct detection of the neutral CGM/IGM component might be challenging in the future, even with the next generation of radio telescopes.
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spellingShingle Searching for HI around MHONGOOSE Galaxies via Spectral Stacking
Veronese, S.
de Blok, W. J. G.
Healy, J.
Kleiner, D.
Marasco, A.
Maccagni, F. M.
Kamphuis, P.
Brinks, E.
Holwerda, B. W.
Zabel, N.
Chemin, L.
Adams, E. A. K.
Kurapati, S.
Sorgho, A.
Spekkens, K.
Combes, F.
Pisano, D. J.
Walter, F.
Amram, P.
Bigiel, F.
Wong, O. I.
Athanassoula, E.
Astrophysics of Galaxies
The observed star formation rates of galaxies in the Local Universe suggests that they are replenishing their gas reservoir across cosmic time. Cosmological simulations predict that this accretion of fresh gas can occur in a hot or a cold mode, yet the existence of low column density ($\sim10^{17}$ cm$^{-2}$) neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) tracing the cold mode has not been unambiguously confirmed by observations. We present the application of unconstrained spectral stacking to attempt to detect the emission from this HI in the Circum-Galactic Medium (CGM) and Inter-Galactic Medium (IGM) of 6 nearby star forming galaxies from the MHONGOOSE sample for which full-depth observations are available. Our stacking procedure consists of a standard spectral stacking algorithm coupled with a one-dimensional spectral line finder designed to extract reliable signal close to the noise level. In agreement with previous studies, we found that the amount of signal detected outside the HI disk is much smaller than implied by simulations. Furthermore, the column density limit that we achieve via stacking ($\sim10^{17}$ cm$^{-2}$) suggests that direct detection of the neutral CGM/IGM component might be challenging in the future, even with the next generation of radio telescopes.
title Searching for HI around MHONGOOSE Galaxies via Spectral Stacking
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11584