IUE observations of PG 1115 + 080 - The He I Gunn-Peterson test and a search for the lensing galaxy

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Gravitational Lenses, Iue, Quasars, Diffuse Radiation, Interstellar Matter, Lyman Alpha Radiation, Radiation Distribution, Shock Heating

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Five observations of PG 1115 + 080 taken with the IUE SWP camera have been combined in order to carry out the He I Gunn-Peterson test and to search for a Lyman limit which could determine the redshift of the lens candidate reported by Christian et al. (1987). No Lyman-limit discontinuities are found, implying that the lensing galaxy does not intercept the line of sight or does not contain enough neutral hydrogen to be detected as a Lyman-limit edge. It is estimated that the lens column density for neutral hydrogen is 3 x 10 to the 16th/sq cm or less if it intercepts the line of sight.

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