Incidence of HI 21-cm absorption in strong FeII systems at $0.5
2016
We present the results from our search for HI 21-cm
absorptionin a sample of 16 strong FeII systems ($W_{\rm r}$(MgII $\lambda2796$) $\ge1.0$ \AA\ and $W_{\rm r}$(FeII $\lambda2600$) or $W_{\rm FeII}$ $\ge1$ \AA) at $0.5
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescopeand the
Green Bank Telescope. We report six new HI 21-cm
absorptiondetections from our sample, which have increased the known number of detections in strong MgII systems at this redshift range by $\sim50$%. Combining our measurements with those in the literature, we find that the detection rate of HI 21-cm
absorptionincreases with $W_{\rm FeII}$, being four times higher in systems with $W_{\rm FeII}$ $\ge1$ \AA\ compared to systems with $W_{\rm FeII}$ $<1$ \AA. The $N$(HI) associated with the HI 21-cm absorbers would be $\ge 2 \times 10^{20}$ cm$^{-2}$, assuming a spin temperature of $\sim500$ K (based on HI 21-cm
absorptionmeasurements of
damped Lyman-$\
alpha$
systemsat this redshift range) and unit covering factor. We find that HI 21-cm
absorptionarises on an average in systems with stronger metal
absorption. We also find that quasars with HI 21-cm
absorptiondetected towards them have systematically higher $E(B-V)$ values than those which do not. Further, by comparing the velocity widths of HI 21-cm
absorptionlines detected in
absorption- and galaxy-selected samples, we find that they show an increasing trend (significant at $3.8\sigma$) with redshift at $z<3.5$, which could imply that the
absorptionoriginates from more massive galaxy haloes at high-$z$. Increasing the number of HI 21-cm
absorptiondetections at these redshifts is important to confirm various trends noted here with higher statistical significance.
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2016
We present the results from our search for HI 21-cm
absorptionin a sample of 16 strong FeII systems ($W_{\rm r}$(MgII $\lambda2796$) $\ge1.0$ \AA\ and $W_{\rm r}$(FeII $\lambda2600$) or $W_{\rm FeII}$ $\ge1$ \AA) at $0.5
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescopeand the
Green Bank Telescope. We report six new HI 21-cm
absorptiondetections from our sample, which have increased the known number of detections in strong MgII systems at this redshift range by $\sim50$%. Combining our measurements with those in the literature, we find that the detection rate of HI 21-cm
absorptionincreases with $W_{\rm FeII}$, being four times higher in systems with $W_{\rm FeII}$ $\ge1$ \AA\ compared to systems with $W_{\rm FeII}$ $<1$ \AA. The $N$(HI) associated with the HI 21-cm absorbers would be $\ge 2 \times 10^{20}$ cm$^{-2}$, assuming a spin temperature of $\sim500$ K (based on HI 21-cm
absorptionmeasurements of
damped Lyman-$\
alpha$
systemsat this redshift range) and unit covering factor. We find that HI 21-cm
absorptionarises on an average in systems with stronger metal
absorption. We also find that quasars with HI 21-cm
absorptiondetected towards them have systematically higher $E(B-V)$ values than those which do not. Further, by comparing the velocity widths of HI 21-cm
absorptionlines detected in
absorption- and galaxy-selected samples, we find that they show an increasing trend (significant at $3.8\sigma$) with redshift at $z<3.5$, which could imply that the
absorptionoriginates from more massive galaxy haloes at high-$z$. Increasing the number of HI 21-cm
absorptiondetections at these redshifts is important to confirm various trends noted here with higher statistical significance.
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