The Low-Redshift Lyman Alpha Forest toward 3C 273

Details The Low-Redshift Lyman Alpha Forest toward 3C 273 The Low-Redshift Lyman Alpha Forest toward 3C 273

2010-02-17

arxiv.org/abs/1002.3401v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

30 pages, 10 figures, MNRAS, in press

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We present an analysis of the Ly-a forest toward 3C 273 from the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph at ~7 km/s resolution, along with re-processed data from the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer. The high UV flux of 3C 273 allows us to probe the weak, low z absorbers. The main sample consists of 21 HI absorbers that we could discriminate to a sensitivity of log NHI~ 12.5. The redshift density for absorbers with 13.1= 12.5, it is consistent with numerical model predictions. The Doppler parameter distribution is consistent with other low z samples. We find no evidence for a break in the column density power-law distribution to log NHI=12.3. A broad Ly-a absorber (BLA) is within Delta v =< 50 km/s and 1.3 local frame Mpc of two ~0.5L* galaxies, with an OVI absorber ~700 km/s away, similarly close to three galaxies and indicating overdense environments. We detect clustering on the Delta v<1000 km/s scale at 3.4 sigma significance for log NHI >= 12.6, consistent with the level predicted from hydrodynamical simulations, and indication for a Ly-a forest void at 0.09

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