Аннотация
We measure the neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) gas content of field galaxies at
intermediate redshifts of z ~ 0.1 and z ~ 0.2 using hydrogen 21-cm emission
lines observed with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT). In order
to make high signal-to-noise ratio detections, an HI signal stacking technique
is applied: HI emission spectra from multiple galaxies, optically selected by
the CNOC2 redshift survey project, are co-added to measure the average HI mass
of galaxies in the two redshift bins. We calculate the cosmic HI gas densities
(Ømega_HI) at the two redshift regimes and compare those with measurements
at other redshifts to investigate the global evolution of the HI gas density
over cosmic time. From a total of 59 galaxies at z ~ 0.1 we find Ømega_HI
= (0.33 $\pm$ 0.05) ~ $\times$ 10$^-3$, and at z ~ 0.2 we find Ømega_HI
= (0.34 $\pm$ 0.09) ~ $\times$ 10$^-3$, based on 96 galaxies. These
measurements help bridge the gap between high-z damped Lyman-$\alpha$
observations and blind 21-cm surveys at $z=$ 0. We find that our measurements
of Ømega_HI at z ~ 0.1 and 0.2 are consistent with the HI gas density at z
~ 0 and that all measurements of Ømega_HI from 21-cm emission observations
at $z ła$ ~ 0.2 are in agreement with no evolution of the HI gas content in
galaxies during the last 2.4 Gyr.
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