Observations of 21-cm radio emission by neutral hydrogen at redshifts
z ≈ 0.5 to \ 2.5 are expected to provide a sensitive probe of cosmic
dark energy1, 2. This is particularly true around the onset of acceleration
at z ≈ 1, where traditional optical cosmology becomes very difficult
because of the infrared opacity of the atmosphere. Hitherto, 21-cm
emission has been detected3 only to z = 0.24. More distant galaxies
generally are too faint for individual detections but it is possible
to measure the aggregate emission from many unresolved galaxies in
the ‘cosmic web’. Here we report a three-dimensional 21-cm intensity
field at z = 0.53 to 1.12. We then co-add neutral-hydrogen (H i)
emission from the volumes surrounding about 10,000 galaxies (from
the DEEP2 optical galaxy redshift survey4). We detect the aggregate
21-cm glow at a significance of \ 4$\sigma$.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Chang2010
%A Chang, Tzu-Ching
%A Pen, Ue-Li
%A Bandura, Kevin
%A Peterson, Jeffrey B.
%D 2010
%I Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited.
All Rights Reserved.
%J Nature
%K astrophysics
%N 7305
%P 463--465
%R 10.1038/nature09187
%T An intensity map of hydrogen 21-cm emission at redshift z ≈ 0.8
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature09187
%V 466
%X Observations of 21-cm radio emission by neutral hydrogen at redshifts
z ≈ 0.5 to \ 2.5 are expected to provide a sensitive probe of cosmic
dark energy1, 2. This is particularly true around the onset of acceleration
at z ≈ 1, where traditional optical cosmology becomes very difficult
because of the infrared opacity of the atmosphere. Hitherto, 21-cm
emission has been detected3 only to z = 0.24. More distant galaxies
generally are too faint for individual detections but it is possible
to measure the aggregate emission from many unresolved galaxies in
the ‘cosmic web’. Here we report a three-dimensional 21-cm intensity
field at z = 0.53 to 1.12. We then co-add neutral-hydrogen (H i)
emission from the volumes surrounding about 10,000 galaxies (from
the DEEP2 optical galaxy redshift survey4). We detect the aggregate
21-cm glow at a significance of \ 4$\sigma$.
@article{Chang2010,
abstract = {Observations of 21-cm radio emission by neutral hydrogen at redshifts
z ≈ 0.5 to \ 2.5 are expected to provide a sensitive probe of cosmic
dark energy1, 2. This is particularly true around the onset of acceleration
at z ≈ 1, where traditional optical cosmology becomes very difficult
because of the infrared opacity of the atmosphere. Hitherto, 21-cm
emission has been detected3 only to z = 0.24. More distant galaxies
generally are too faint for individual detections but it is possible
to measure the aggregate emission from many unresolved galaxies in
the ‘cosmic web’. Here we report a three-dimensional 21-cm intensity
field at z = 0.53 to 1.12. We then co-add neutral-hydrogen (H i)
emission from the volumes surrounding about 10,000 galaxies (from
the DEEP2 optical galaxy redshift survey4). We detect the aggregate
21-cm glow at a significance of \ 4$\sigma$.},
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author = {Chang, Tzu-Ching and Pen, Ue-Li and Bandura, Kevin and Peterson, Jeffrey B.},
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doi = {10.1038/nature09187},
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journal = {Nature},
keywords = {astrophysics},
mendeley-tags = {astrophysics},
month = jul,
number = 7305,
pages = {463--465},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited.
All Rights Reserved.},
shorttitle = {Nature},
timestamp = {2010-07-23T07:14:58.000+0200},
title = {{An intensity map of hydrogen 21-cm emission at redshift z ≈ 0.8}},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature09187},
volume = 466,
year = 2010
}