Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993aas...183.9002k&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 183rd AAS Meeting, #90.02D; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 25, p.1431
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The high redshift quasar PKS 2126--158 (zem = 3.27) was observed with the high resolution echelle spectrometer (HIRES) on the Keck telescope. A spectrum covering the wavelength range 3500{ Angstroms}--7000{ Angstroms}, corresponding to 820{ Angstroms}--1640{ Angstroms} in the quasar's rest frame, was obtained at a resolving power of R = 34,000, a velocity resolution of 8.6 kms(-1) . The signal to noise ratio in this spectrum exceeds 50 near 5000{ Angstroms} and is better than 30 in the region between Lyalpha and Lybeta at z=3.27. A list of absorption features with column densities and Doppler parameters (N & b) derived from fitting to the line profiles is given. A sample of Ly alpha lines that is complete to log N_HI < 13.0 is constructed. An analysis of this Ly alpha sample is presented including the effects of line blending in the Lyman alpha forest, the intrinsic column density and Doppler parameter distribution functions and the apparent b--N_HI correlation. Three heavy element absorption systems with zabs > 2.3 are studied in detail. Each system displays complex velocity structure with multiple components extending up to Delta v ~ 270 kms(-1) . The relative strengths of the individual components in each system varies from species to species, with both high and low ionization components present. Implications for the ionization state, abundance and origin of the metal-line systems are discussed.
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