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The Metal Absorption Systems of the FDF QSO 0103-260

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Immo Appenzeller ,
Stefan Noll ,
Otmar Stahl  and
Stephan Frank
Immo Appenzeller
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Stefan Noll
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Otmar Stahl
Affiliation:
Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Stephan Frank
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, OSU, 140 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA

Abstract

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Using the UVES echelle spectrograph at the ESO VLT we obtained high-resolution (R=40 000) spectra of the QSO 0103-260 in the FORS Deep Field (FDF). In addition to numerous Ly forest lines we identified 16 metal absorption systems with redshifts between 0.97 < z < 3.36. A comparison of the observed redshift distributions of the metal line systems and of the spectroscopically observed galaxies in the FDF shows that the distribution of metal absorption clouds and of the galaxies along the line of sight to the QSO are well correlated and obviously trace the cosmic structure in the direction of the FDF.

Type
Part 2. Origin
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 217: Recycling Intergalactic and Interslettar Matter , 2004 , pp. 266 - 267
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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