Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004a%26a...422..523p&link_type=abstract
Astrononmy and Astrophysics, vol. 422, pp. 523-526 (2004)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Cosmology: Observations, Galaxies: Intergalactic Medium, Galaxies: Halos, Galaxies: Quasars: Absorption Lines
Scientific paper
We use very high quality VLT-UVES quasar spectra obtained in the course of the ESO Large Programme "Cosmic evolution of the Intergalactic Medium", to show that the ratio of the C IV doublet rest-wavelengths published in the literature and widely used is not consistent with high-redshift observations. From the analysis of 106 C IV systems we obtain: λ2/ λ1 = 1.00166228±0.013×10-6. A similar analysis on 28 Si IV systems shows that the observed ratio is consistent with the well known Si IV λλ 1393,1402 wavelengths. Using Si IV lines to calibrate the C IV lines in 11 systems, we find λ1,2=1548.2049 and 1550.7885±0.0012 Å which is consistent with the Griesmann & Kling (2000) laboratory wavelengths. The precision on the doublet ratio is better because of the large number of C IV systems available for the measurement. This shows that it is possible to perform atomic physics measurements using high redshift astrophysical data.
Aracil Bastien
Petitjean Patrick
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