Radio line and continuum observations of quasar-galaxy pairs and the origin of low reshift quasar absorption line systems

Details Radio line and continuum observations of quasar-galaxy pairs and the origin of low reshift quasar absorption line systems Radio line and continuum observations of quasar-galaxy pairs and the origin of low reshift quasar absorption line systems

Nov 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990nascp3098..473c&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Paired and Interacting Galaxies: International Astronomical Union Colloquium No. 124 p 47

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Galaxies, Line Spectra, Optical Disks, Plasma Clouds, Quasars, Radio Observation, Red Shift, Astronomical Models, Continuums, Gravitational Effects, Halos, Hypotheses, Line Of Sight, Radii

Scientific paper

There are a number of known quasars for which our line of sight to the high redshift quasar passes within a few Holmberg radii of a low redshift galaxy. In a few of these cases, spectra of the quasar reveal absorption by gas associated with the low redshift galaxy. A number of these pairs imply absorption by gas which lies well outside the optical disk of the associated galaxy, leading to models of galaxies with 'halos' or 'disks' of gas extending to large radii. The authors present observations of 4 such pairs. In three of the four cases, they find that the associated galaxy is highly disturbed, typically due to a gravitational interaction with a companion galaxy, while in the fourth case the absorption can be explained by clouds in the optical disk of the associated galaxy. They are led to an alternative hypothesis concerning the origin of the low redshift absorption line systems: the absorption is by gas clouds which have been gravitationally stripped from the associated galaxy. These galaxies are rapidly evolving, and should not be used as examples of absorption by clouds in halos of field spirals. The authors conclude by considering the role extended gas in interacting systems plays in the origin of higher redshift quasar absorption line systems.

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