Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-06-09
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
34 pages Latex, with 3 PostScript figures. Astronomical Journal, in press. A few revised upper limits
Scientific paper
10.1086/301575
We report on high-resolution observations ($\Re \simeq 45000$) of the Hubble Deep Field South QSO J2233-606 obtained with the VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES). We present spectral data for the wavelength region $3050 < \lambda < 10000$ \AA. The $S/N$ ratio of the final spectrum is about 50 per resolution element at 4000 \AA, 90 at 5000 \AA, 80 at 6000 \AA, 40 at 8000 \AA. Redshifts, column densities and Doppler widths of the absorption features have been determined with Voigt-profile fitting. A total of 621 lines have been measured. In particular 270 Ly-alpha lines, 41 Ly-beta and 24 systems containing metal lines have been identified. Together with other data in the literature, the present spectrum confirms that the evolution of the number density of Ly-alpha lines with $\log N($\huno$) > 14$ has an upturn at $z \sim 1.4-1.6$.
Cristiani Stefano
D'Odorico Valentina
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