A study of the absorption-line spectra of six high-redshift quasi-stellar objects

Details A study of the absorption-line spectra of six high-redshift quasi-stellar objects A study of the absorption-line spectra of six high-redshift quasi-stellar objects

Sep 1978

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 224, Sept. 1, 1978, p. 344-367.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Absorption Spectra, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Line Spectra, Quasars, Red Shift, Halos, Lyman Alpha Radiation, Lyman Beta Radiation, Tables (Data)

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High-resolution spectrograms of six QSOs with apparent visual magnitudes of 17.0 to 18.5 and redshifts greater than 2 are studied for absorption lines. Accurate wavelengths are measured for all the absorption lines that could be detected, attempts are made to identify redshift systems, and the redshifts in each object are examined. Analysis of the absorption-line spectra shows that: (1) a large number of redshifts covering a wide range of values are present in five of the QSOs; (2) about two-thirds of the absorption lines remain unidentified, cannot be of Galactic origin, and are not associated with existing redshift systems; (3) many comparatively small absorption redshifts exist which, if they are due to intervening galaxies, must be produced by very large halos; and (4) in one QSO there is a possible redshift system containing five lines with an absorption redshift that is significantly greater than the emission redshift.

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