Absorption in the spectra of quasi-stellar objects and BL Lacertae objects

Details Absorption in the spectra of quasi-stellar objects and BL Lacertae objects Absorption in the spectra of quasi-stellar objects and BL Lacertae objects

Aug 1978

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Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications, vol. 90, Aug.-Sept. 1978, p. 337-366.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Absorption Spectra, Quasars, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Stellar Spectrophotometry, Variable Stars, Atomic Excitations, Bibliographies, Interstellar Matter, Line Spectra, Red Shift, Spectrum Analysis, Tables (Data)

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Observations of absorption in the spectra of 64 QSOs and two BL Lac objects are reviewed. Criteria for selecting the absorption-line objects are discussed along with line identifications, properties of identified absorption systems, the observed absence of variability in the absorption lines, the redshift distribution, line locking, and absorption shortward of the Lyman limit. The possibility of noncosmological redshifts is noted, and two interpretations of the absorption-line data are considered: (1) the 'intrinsic' hypothesis that the absorptions arise in gas associated with the QSOs and (2) the 'intervening' hypothesis that they are produced by intervening galaxies, galactic halos, or intergalactic clouds intersected by the line of sight to a QSO. Direct observational tests for the location of the absorbing hydrogen in several individual objects are described. It is concluded that no conclusive observational evidence exists which is capable of establishing whether the absorption is intrinsic or intervening.

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