Looking at the Distant Universe with the MeerKAT Array: The H i Mass Function in the Local Universe

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dc.contributor.authorKazemi-Moridani, Amir
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Andrew J.
dc.contributor.authorVerheijen, Marc
dc.contributor.authorGawiser, Eric
dc.contributor.authorBlyth, Sarah-Louise
dc.contributor.authorObreschkow, Danail
dc.contributor.authorChemin, Laurent
dc.contributor.authorCollier, Jordan D.
dc.contributor.authorCook, Kyle W
dc.contributor.authorDelhaize, Jacinta
dc.contributor.authorElson, Ed
dc.contributor.authorFrank, Bradley S.
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-25T17:22:56Z
dc.date.available2025-03-25T17:22:56Z
dc.date.issued0025-03
dc.descriptionINDEXACION SCOPUS
dc.description.abstractWe present measurements of the neutral atomic hydrogen (H i) mass function (HiMF) and cosmic H i density (ΩH I) at 0 ≤ z ≤ 0.088 from the Looking at the Distant Universe with MeerKAT Array (LADUMA) survey. Using LADUMA Data Release 1 (DR1), we analyze the HiMF via a new “recovery matrix” method that we benchmark against a more traditional modified maximum likelihood (MML) method. Our analysis, which implements a forward modeling approach, corrects for survey incompleteness and uses extensive synthetic source injections to ensure robust estimates of the HiMF parameters and their associated uncertainties. This new method tracks the recovery of sources in mass bins different from those in which they were injected and incorporates a Poisson likelihood in the forward modeling process, allowing it to correctly handle uncertainties in bins with few or no detections. The application of our analysis to a high-purity subsample of the LADUMA DR1 spectral line catalog in turn mitigates any possible biases that could result from the inconsistent treatment of synthetic and real sources. For the surveyed redshift range, the recovered Schechter function normalization, low-mass slope, and “knee” mass are ϕ * = 3.5 6 − 1.92 + 0.97 × 1 0 − 3 Mpc−3 dex−1, α = − 1.1 8 − 0.19 + 0.08 , and log ( M * / M ⊙ ) = 10.0 1 − 0.12 + 0.31 , respectively, which together imply a comoving cosmic H i density of Ω H I = 3.0 9 − 0.47 + 0.65 × 1 0 − 4 . Our results show consistency between recovery matrix and MML methods and with previous low-redshift studies, giving confidence that the cosmic volume probed by LADUMA, even at low redshifts, is not an outlier in terms of its H i content. © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
dc.identifier.doi10.3847/1538-4357/ad9f3f
dc.identifier.issn0004637X
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unab.cl/handle/ria/63861
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInstitute of Physics
dc.rights.licenseCC BY LICENSE
dc.titleLooking at the Distant Universe with the MeerKAT Array: The H i Mass Function in the Local Universe
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