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2025MNRAS.543.1429C - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 543, 1429-1434 (2025/October-3)

A deep search for diffuse interstellar band 4430 Å in the circumgalactic medium.

CHANG C.-Y. and LAN T.-W.

Abstract (from CDS):

We investigate the absorption signals of one of the strongest diffuse interstellar bands, DIB$\lambda 4430$, in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) traced by Mg II absorption lines. To this end, we make use of approximately 60 000 Mg II absorption line spectra within $0.4 < z < 1.0$ compiled from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys and obtain composite spectra with uncertainties for absorption line measurements being a few mÅ. By using Mg II absorption strength and dust reddening relation from the literature, we measure the DIB$\lambda 4430$ absorption strength as a function of E(B - V) in the CGM, and compare the Milky Way DIB$\lambda 4430$ -E(B - V) relation extrapolated down to the CGM E(B - V) region. Our results show no detectable signals of DIB$\lambda 4430$ across the entire E(B - V) range in the CGM traced by Mg II absorption lines. This lack of detection of DIB$\lambda 4430$ in the CGM is inconsistent with the Milky Way signals by $\sim 5 \, \sigma$, indicating that the factors associated with different environments affect the abundance of the DIB$\lambda 4430$ carrier.

Abstract Copyright: © The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): dust, extinction - quasars: absorption lines - galaxies: statistics

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