Mg II Detection in the Lyman Alpha Forest: Metal Rich Cloud or LSB/Dwarf Galaxy?

dc.creatorChurchill, Christopher W.
dc.creatorBrun, Vincent Le
dc.date1997-07-14
dc.date1997-09-12
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dc.descriptionWe report the detection of Mg II absorption in two Lyman alpha forest clouds along the line of sight to PKS 0454+039. These clouds, at redshifts z=0.6248 and z=0.9315, respectively, also have strong Fe II absorption. We present results on the z=0.9315 cloud. The upper limit on log N(HI) is 16.5 cm^-2. Based upon UV background photoionization models, we infer that the cloud has super-solar metallicity. Photoionization by a late-type stellar population is ruled out.
dc.description2 pages, 1 EPS figures, conf_iap.sty To appear in 13th IAP Workshop (1-5 July 1997) "Evolution of the Intergalactic Medium from QSO Absorption Line Systems" eds. P. Petitjean & S. Charlot
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9707155
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9707155
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/148551
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleMg II Detection in the Lyman Alpha Forest: Metal Rich Cloud or LSB/Dwarf Galaxy?
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