Cosmologically distant OH megamasers: A test of the galaxy merging rate at Z approximately 2 and a contaminant of blind HI surveys in the 21cm line

F. H. Briggs

Bright OH megamaser galaxies, radiating 1667/1665 MHz lines, could be detected at redshifts from z from 1 to 3 in moderate integration times with existing radio telescopes. The sup…