Probing the High-Redshift Universe with Quasar Elemental Abundances
Abstract
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The heavy elements near QSOs provide unique measures of the star formation and chemical evolution in young galactic nuclei or pre-galactic condensations. Studies of quasar abundances also naturally address a variety of questions regarding the physics of QSO environments, including the Baldwin Effect emphasized at this meeting. Here I review the status of quasar abundance work.
19 pages LaTeX with 6 embedded figures, to appear in the proceedings of "Quasars as Standard Candles for Cosmology," (May 18-22, 1998, La Serena, Chile), ASP Conf. Series, ed. G.J. Ferland
19 pages LaTeX with 6 embedded figures, to appear in the proceedings of "Quasars as Standard Candles for Cosmology," (May 18-22, 1998, La Serena, Chile), ASP Conf. Series, ed. G.J. Ferland