The metal absorption systems of the Hubble Deep Field South QSO

Details The metal absorption systems of the Hubble Deep Field South QSO The metal absorption systems of the Hubble Deep Field South QSO

1998-04-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9804019v2

Astron.J. 116 (1998) 1055

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

revisited version accepted for publication by Astronomical Journal; minor changes; typographical errors corrected; results and

Scientific paper

10.1086/300509

The Hubble Deep Field South (HDFS) has been recently selected and the observations are planned for October 1998. We present a high resolution (FWHM $\simeq 14$ \kms) spectrum of the quasar J2233--606 ($z_{em}\simeq2.22$) which is located 5.1 arcmin East of the HDFS. The spectrum obtained with the New Technology Telescope redward of the Lyman--$\alpha$ emission line covers the spectral range 4386--8270 \AA. This range corresponds to redshift intervals for CIV and MgII intervening systems of $z=1.83-2.25$ and $z=0.57-1.95$ respectively. The data reveal the presence of two complex intervening CIV systems at redshift $z=1.869$ and $z=1.943$ and two complex associated ($z_{abs} \approx z_{em}$) systems. Other two CIV systems at $z=1.7865$ and $z=2.077$, suggested by the presence of strong Lyman--$\alpha$ lines in low resolution ground based and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) STIS observations (Sealey et al. 1998) have been identified. The system at $z=1.943$ is also responsible for the Lyman limit absorption seen in the HST/STIS spectrum. The main goal of the present work is to provide astronomers interested in the Hubble Deep Field South program with information related to absorbing structures at high redshift, which are distributed along the nearby QSO line of sight. For this purpose, the reduced spectrum, obtained from three hours of integration time, has been released to the astronomical community.

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