Computer Science
Scientific paper
Nov 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993stin...9416833m&link_type=abstract
Final Technical Report Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL.
Computer Science
Absorption Spectra, Galactic Clusters, Quasars, Red Shift, X Ray Fluorescence, Proportional Counters, Rosat Mission
Scientific paper
Using the PSPC instrument on the ROSAT satellite, we have obtained deep exposures of the fields centered on the QSO's 1556+335, 1037-271, and 0854+191 in an effort to search for extended X-ray emission corresponding to complex QSO absorption-line systems (QALS's) that could be indicative of clusters of galaxies at high redshift. The QSO 1556+335 is known to have a pair of complicated C IV absorption systems at z equals 1.610 (Delta v = 988 km/s) and z equals 1.650 (Delta v = 1677 km/s) near the z equals 1.641 QSO redshift. It has been suggested that the absorption may be due to two rich clusters, one containing the QSO itself. The QSO 0854+191 (zem = 1.89) has 6 strong C IV absorption systems in 2 close groups at z equals 1.2954, 1.2973,1.3019 and z equals 1.3522, 1.3543, 1.3558. Assuming qO equals 0.5 and HO equals 50 km/s Mpc-l, the redshift range of this absorption-line cluster corresponds to a radial distance of 44 Mpc. Interestingly, there is a nearby (approximately 30') QSO (0856+189) with a projected separation of 16 Mpc whose redshift (z = 1.29) is similar to that of the absorbing material toward 0854+191. In the case of 1037-271 (Zem = 2.18), common QALSs have been observed at z equals l.90, 1.96, 2.02, 2.08, and 2.14 (a radial range of 66 Mpc) in its spectrum and that of its neighbor Tol 1038-272 (Zem = 2.32) whose 18' separation corresponds to a linear distance of 9 Mpc at z approximately equals 2. The length scales implied by the absorbers toward 0854+191 and 1037-271 are interesting in that they suggest structures more akin to superclusters than clusters.
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