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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 430, 期 1, 页码 157-162出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sts678
关键词
methods: data analysis; galaxies: active; galaxies: ISM; radio lines: galaxies
资金
- ARC Super Science Fellowship
- Commonwealth of Australia
- [CE110001020]
We report conclusive verification of the detection of associated H I 21 cm absorption in the early-type host galaxy of the compact radio source PMN J2054-4242. We estimate an effective spectral line velocity width of 418 +/- 20 km s(-1) and observed peak optical depth of 2.5 +/- 0.2 per cent, making this one of the broadest and weakest 21 cm absorption lines yet detected. For T-spin/f > 100K the atomic neutral hydrogen column density is N-HI greater than or similar to 2 x 10(21) cm(-2). The observed spectral line profile is redshifted by 187 +/- 46 km s(-1), with respect to the optical spectroscopic measurement, perhaps indicating that the H I gas is infalling towards the central active galactic nucleus. Our initial tentative detection would likely have been dismissed by visual inspection, and hence its verification here is an excellent test of our spectral line detection technique, currently under development in anticipation of future next-generation 21 cm absorption-line surveys.
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