Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-02-11
J.Astrophys.Astron. 25 (2004) 67
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Submitted to JApA, 12 Latex pages including 6 figures
Scientific paper
10.1007/BF02702289
We simulate the distribution of neutral hydrogen (HI) at the redshifts z=1.3 and 3.4 using a cosmological N-body simulation along with a prescription for assigning HI masses to the particles. The HI is distributed in clouds whose properties are consistent with those of the damped Lyman-\alpha absorption systems (DLAs) seen in quasar spectra. The clustering properties of these clouds are identical to those of the dark matter. We use this to simulate the redshifted HI emission expected at 610 MHz and 325 MHz, two of the observing bands a the GMRT. These are used to predict the correlations expected between the complex visibilities measured at different baselines and frequencies in radio-interferometric observations with the GMRT. The visibility correlations directly probe the power spectrum of HI fluctuations at the epoch when the HI emission originated, and this holds the possibility of using HI observations to study large-scale structures at high z.
Bharadwaj Somnath
Srikant Pennathur Sridharan
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