Structure in the Lyman-Alpha Forest

Details Structure in the Lyman-Alpha Forest Structure in the Lyman-Alpha Forest

1997-09-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9709081v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

2 pages, LaTeX, with 1 PostScript figure, colour version available at ftp://edwin.phys.unsw.edu.au/pub/jol/struc_lya.fig1_col.

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The spatial distribution of Ly-alpha forest absorption systems toward a group of 8, closely spaced QSOs has been analysed and evidence for large scale structure has been found at = 2.8. Our technique is based on the first and second moments of the transmission probability density function which is capable of identifying and assessing the significance of regions of over- or underdense Ly-alpha absorption. The data has revealed at least two interesting features. 1. An overdense structure at z = 2.27 which extends at least over ~8 h^{-1} comoving Mpc (q_0 = 0.5) in the plane of the sky. Metal absorption lines have been found at the same redshift and thus a cluster or proto-cluster of galaxies seems to have been discovered. 2. A void at z = 2.97, extending over ~20 h^{-1} comoving Mpc in the plane of the sky, possibly caused by a locally increased UV ionising flux due to a foreground QSO.

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