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  • MApping the Most Massive Overdensity Through Hydrogen (MAMMOTH)

     

    Seminar Title 

     MApping the Most Massive Overdensity Through Hydrogen (MAMMOTH)

       

    Speaker:  

    Dr. Zheng Cai  

       

     Affiliation:   

      (University of Arizona)

       
    When Wednesday morning , Apr. 29, 10:30 a.m
       

    Where:  

     Room 619, Office Block, 2 West Beijing Road (PMO, CAS)
     
     

                             Welcome to Attend  

     
      ( PMO Academic Committee & Academic Circulating committee)
     

    Abstract      

       We have undertaken a survey of the most massive galaxy structures in the early universe at z=2-4, traced by regions of the highest optical depth from IGM Lyα absorption over large scale of 10-30 Mpc. Our cosmological simulations show a strong correlation between the optical depth of intergalactic Ly-alpha absorption and mass overdensities at scales of 10- 40 Mpc.  Based on our simulations and MMT observations, we have developed technique to search for the largest IGM Lyα absorption systems. By examining the absorption spectra of ∼60,000 quasar sight-lines in the SDSS-III at z = 2.32 ± 0.04  we have identified the first field that traced by group of IGM Lyα absorbers, which then can be probed in Ly-alpha emission with our custom narrowband filter. The overdense nature of this field is further suggested by a high concentration of quasars at the same redshift. Our KPNO-4m/MOSAIC  narrowband imaging and follow-up LBT/MODS spectroscopy have successfully revealed the large-scale galaxy overdensities in this field. Both our simulation and early observational results suggest the largest IGM Ly-alpha absorption systems could be used as a powerful way of tracing most massive galaxy structures in the early universe. In this talk, I will also highlight the great potential of using future ambitious survey like SDSS-IV, DESI, etc., to conduct the studies of the IGM and most massive large-scale structures.

     

     

     

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