X-shooter observations of strong H2-bearing DLAs at high redshift

SA Balashev, VV Klimenko… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present results from spectroscopic observations with X-shooter at the Very Large
Telescope of seven H2-bearing damped Lyman-α systems (DLAs) at high redshifts (z abs∼ …

HD molecules at high redshift: cosmic ray ionization rate in the diffuse interstellar medium

DN Kosenko, SA Balashev… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present a systematic study of deuterated molecular hydrogen (HD) at high redshift,
detected in absorption in the spectra of quasars. We present four new identifications of HD …

Physical conditions in the diffuse interstellar medium of local and high-redshift galaxies: measurements based on the excitation of H2 rotational and C i  fine …

VV Klimenko, SA Balashev - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We present the results of an analysis of the physical conditions (number density, intensity of
UV field, kinetic temperature) in the cold H2-bearing interstellar medium of local and high …

Probing the tidal disruption event iPTF16axa with cloudy and disc-wind models

T Mageshwaran, G Shaw… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present both a disc-wind model on the optical/ultraviolet (UV) emission continuum and
cloudy modelling on the spectral lines of the tidal disruption event (TDE) intermediate …

HD/H2 ratio in the diffuse interstellar medium

SA Balashev, DN Kosenko - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We present a semi-analytical description of the relative hydrogen deuteride (HD)/H2
abundance in the diffuse interstellar medium. We found three asymptotics of the relative …

The Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey (CUBS). II. Discovery of an H2-bearing DLA in the Vicinity of an Early-type Galaxy at z= 0.576

E Boettcher, HW Chen, FS Zahedy… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the serendipitous detection of an H 2-bearing damped Lyα absorber at z= 0.576 in
the spectrum of the QSO J0111–0316 in the Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey …

Newly Improved Ionization Corrections for the Neutral Interstellar Medium: Enabling Accurate Abundance Determinations in Star-forming Galaxies throughout the …

S Hernandez, A Aloisi, BL James… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Studies measuring the chemical abundances of the neutral gas in star-forming galaxies
(SFGs) require ionization correction factors (ICFs) to accurately measure their metal …

Multi-phase gas properties of extremely strong intervening DLAs towards quasars

A Ranjan, R Srianand, P Petitjean, G Shaw… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
We present the results of a spectroscopic analysis of extremely strong damped Lyα
absorbers (ESDLAs; log N (HI)≳ 21.7) observed with the medium resolution spectrograph, X …

Evidence for Late-time Feedback from the Discovery of Multiphase Gas in a Massive Elliptical at z= 0.4

FS Zahedy, HW Chen, E Boettcher… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the first detection of multiphase gas within a quiescent galaxy beyond z≈ 0. The
observations use the brighter image of doubly lensed QSO HE 0047− 1756 to probe the …

Role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the cosmic-ray ionization rate in the galaxy

G Shaw, GJ Ferland - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The cosmic-ray (CR) ionization rate (ζ, s− 1) plays an important role in the interstellar
medium. It controls ion–molecular chemistry and provides a source of heating. Here we …