Progress in studies of intergalactic He II absorption

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Mar 2005

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Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines, IAU Colloquium Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 199, held M

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Significant progress has been made in the last decade toward an understanding of the intergalactic He II absorption. At redshifts z, individual absorbers are found to be ionised mainly by a hard quasar continuum, but their ionisation states vary considerably and the ionising radiation field may have contributions from a soft stellar continuum. The He II opacity increases significantly at z˜ 2.8, suggesting a possible end of the general reionisation of intergalactic He II. Using the massive SDSS database and UV selection with HST and galex, we have found new quasars at z>3.5, with detected He II absorption. Future observations will pinpoint the epoch of reionisation of the intergalactic He II.

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