Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 2010
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NOAO Proposal ID #2010A-0051
Physics
Scientific paper
The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) was installed aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in May 2009 and is functioning nominally (see Fig. 1). The unprecedented far-UV throughput of COS (20-30 times that of STIS at R ~ 20,000) will revolutionize many studies, including the investigation of the local intergalactic medium (IGM). In particular, COS will allow us to refine estimates of the baryon content and metallicity of the IGM, as well as the relationship of IGM absorbers to galaxies. Accordingly, the COS Science Team has allocated ~ 200 HST orbits of GTO time to map the baryon content of the local ``Cosmic Web'' in gas and galaxies. For the past two years, we have been obtaining HYDRA spectra of all galaxies brighter than g=20 with z_photo < z_AGN that are within 20 arcmin of the 39 AGN targeted by the COS Science Team. This semester, we propose to continue this spectroscopic campaign, as well as finish our multi-filter MOSAIC imaging for sight lines that are not covered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We will calculate photometric redshifts for all galaxies in these images to target those galaxies with z_photo < z_AGN for follow-up spectroscopy in later semesters.
Green James C.
Keeney Brian A.
Penton Steven Victor
Savage Blair. D.
Stocke John T.
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