The Arecibo Ultra Deep Survey (AUDS) combines the unique sensitivity of the
telescope with the wide field of the Arecibo L-band Feed Array (ALFA) to
directly detect 21cm HI emission from galaxies at distances beyond the local
Universe bounded by the lower frequency limit of ALFA (z=0.16). AUDS has
collected 1110 hours of integration time in two fields with a combined area of
1.35 square degrees. In this paper we present data from 50% of the total
survey, corresponding to a sensitivity level of 80 micro-Jy. We discuss the
data reduction, the search for galaxies, parametrisation, optical
identification and completeness. We detect 102 galaxies in the mass range of
log M_HI/M_sun-2log h=5.6-10.3. We compute the HI mass function (HIMF) at the
highest redshifts so far measured. A fit of a Schechter function results in
alpha=-1.37+-0.03, Phi=(7.72+-1.4)*10^3 h^3/Mpc^3 and log
M_HI/M_sun=9.75+-0.041+2log h. Using the measured HIMF, we find a cosmic HI
density of Omega_HI=(2.33+-0.07)*10^-4/h for the sample z=0.065. We discuss
further uncertainties arising from cosmic variance. Because of its depth, AUDS
is the first survey that can determine parameters for the HI mass function in
independent redshift bins from a single homogeneous data set. The results
indicate little evolution of the co-moving mass function and Omega_HI within
this redshift range. We calculate a weighted average for Omega_HI in the range
$0<z<0.2$, combining the results from AUDS as well as results from other 21cm
surveys and stacking, finding a best combined estimate of
Omega_HI=(2.63+-0.10)*10-4/h.
Description
[1506.05931] A blind HI Mass Function from the Arecibo Ultra-Deep Survey (AUDS)
%0 Generic
%1 hoppmann2015blind
%A Hoppmann, L.
%A Staveley-Smith, L.
%A Freudling, W.
%A Zwaan, M. A.
%A Minchin, R. F.
%A Calabretta, M. R.
%D 2015
%K HI density evolution function mass
%T A blind HI Mass Function from the Arecibo Ultra-Deep Survey (AUDS)
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.05931
%X The Arecibo Ultra Deep Survey (AUDS) combines the unique sensitivity of the
telescope with the wide field of the Arecibo L-band Feed Array (ALFA) to
directly detect 21cm HI emission from galaxies at distances beyond the local
Universe bounded by the lower frequency limit of ALFA (z=0.16). AUDS has
collected 1110 hours of integration time in two fields with a combined area of
1.35 square degrees. In this paper we present data from 50% of the total
survey, corresponding to a sensitivity level of 80 micro-Jy. We discuss the
data reduction, the search for galaxies, parametrisation, optical
identification and completeness. We detect 102 galaxies in the mass range of
log M_HI/M_sun-2log h=5.6-10.3. We compute the HI mass function (HIMF) at the
highest redshifts so far measured. A fit of a Schechter function results in
alpha=-1.37+-0.03, Phi=(7.72+-1.4)*10^3 h^3/Mpc^3 and log
M_HI/M_sun=9.75+-0.041+2log h. Using the measured HIMF, we find a cosmic HI
density of Omega_HI=(2.33+-0.07)*10^-4/h for the sample z=0.065. We discuss
further uncertainties arising from cosmic variance. Because of its depth, AUDS
is the first survey that can determine parameters for the HI mass function in
independent redshift bins from a single homogeneous data set. The results
indicate little evolution of the co-moving mass function and Omega_HI within
this redshift range. We calculate a weighted average for Omega_HI in the range
$0<z<0.2$, combining the results from AUDS as well as results from other 21cm
surveys and stacking, finding a best combined estimate of
Omega_HI=(2.63+-0.10)*10-4/h.
@misc{hoppmann2015blind,
abstract = {The Arecibo Ultra Deep Survey (AUDS) combines the unique sensitivity of the
telescope with the wide field of the Arecibo L-band Feed Array (ALFA) to
directly detect 21cm HI emission from galaxies at distances beyond the local
Universe bounded by the lower frequency limit of ALFA (z=0.16). AUDS has
collected 1110 hours of integration time in two fields with a combined area of
1.35 square degrees. In this paper we present data from 50% of the total
survey, corresponding to a sensitivity level of 80 micro-Jy. We discuss the
data reduction, the search for galaxies, parametrisation, optical
identification and completeness. We detect 102 galaxies in the mass range of
log M_HI/M_sun-2log h=5.6-10.3. We compute the HI mass function (HIMF) at the
highest redshifts so far measured. A fit of a Schechter function results in
alpha=-1.37+-0.03, Phi=(7.72+-1.4)*10^3 h^3/Mpc^3 and log
M_HI/M_sun=9.75+-0.041+2log h. Using the measured HIMF, we find a cosmic HI
density of Omega_HI=(2.33+-0.07)*10^-4/h for the sample z=0.065. We discuss
further uncertainties arising from cosmic variance. Because of its depth, AUDS
is the first survey that can determine parameters for the HI mass function in
independent redshift bins from a single homogeneous data set. The results
indicate little evolution of the co-moving mass function and Omega_HI within
this redshift range. We calculate a weighted average for Omega_HI in the range
$0<z<0.2$, combining the results from AUDS as well as results from other 21cm
surveys and stacking, finding a best combined estimate of
Omega_HI=(2.63+-0.10)*10-4/h.},
added-at = {2015-06-22T10:06:08.000+0200},
author = {Hoppmann, L. and Staveley-Smith, L. and Freudling, W. and Zwaan, M. A. and Minchin, R. F. and Calabretta, M. R.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a06460f97ff83aa76af963b10308fb12/miki},
description = {[1506.05931] A blind HI Mass Function from the Arecibo Ultra-Deep Survey (AUDS)},
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intrahash = {a06460f97ff83aa76af963b10308fb12},
keywords = {HI density evolution function mass},
note = {cite arxiv:1506.05931Comment: 18 pages, 34 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS},
timestamp = {2015-06-22T10:06:08.000+0200},
title = {A blind HI Mass Function from the Arecibo Ultra-Deep Survey (AUDS)},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.05931},
year = 2015
}