The low-z intergalactic medium. i. o vi baryon census

CW Danforth, JM Shull - The Astrophysical Journal, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Intergalactic absorbers along lines of sight to distant quasars are a powerful diagnostic for
the evolution and content of the intergalactic medium (IGM). In this study, we use the Far …

The low-z intergalactic medium. III. HI and metal absorbers at z< 0.4

CW Danforth, JM Shull - The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We conduct an ultraviolet (HST and FUSE) spectroscopic survey of H i (Lyman lines) and
seven metal ions (O vi, N v, C iv, C iii, Si iv, Si iii, Fe iii) in the low-redshift IGM at z< 0.4. We …

The low-z intergalactic medium. II. Lyβ, O VI, and C III forest

CW Danforth, JM Shull, JL Rosenberg… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of a large survey of HI, O VI, and C III absorption lines in the low-
redshift (z< 0.3) intergalactic medium (IGM). We begin with 171 strong Lyα absorption lines …

Galactic and Circumgalactic O VI and its Impact on the Cosmological Metal and Baryon Budgets at 2< z≲ 3.5

N Lehner, JM O'Meara, AJ Fox, JC Howk… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first results from our NASA Keck Observatory Database of Ionized Absorbers
toward Quasars (KODIAQ) survey which aims to characterize the properties of the highly …

Physical Properties and Baryonic Content of Low-Redshift Intergalactic Lyα and O VI Absorption Line Systems: The PG 1116+ 215 Sight Line

KR Sembach, TM Tripp, BD Savage… - The Astrophysical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present Hubble Space Telescope and Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
observations of the intergalactic absorption toward QSO PG 1116+ 215 in the 900-3000 Å …

Revealing the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium with O VI Absorption

R Cen, TM Tripp, JP Ostriker… - The Astrophysical …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
Hydrodynamic simulations of growth of cosmic structure suggest that 30%–50% of the total
baryons at z= 0 may be in a warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) with temperatures of∼ …

Probing the intergalactic medium/galaxy connection. V. On the origin of Lyα and O VI absorption at z< 0.2

JX Prochaska, B Weiner, HW Chen… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze the association of galaxies with Lyα and O vi absorption, the most commonly
detected transitions of the low-z intergalactic medium (IGM), in the fields of 14 quasars with z …

The nature of the warm/hot intergalactic medium. I. Numerical methods, convergence, and O VI absorption

BD Smith, EJ Hallman, JM Shull… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform a series of cosmological simulations using Enzo, an Eulerian adaptive-mesh
refinement, N-body+ hydrodynamical code, applied to study the warm/hot intergalactic …

Intervening O VI quasar absorption systems at low redshift: A significant baryon reservoir

TM Tripp, BD Savage, EB Jenkins - The Astrophysical Journal, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
Far-UV echelle spectroscopy of the radio-quiet QSO H1821+ 643 (z em= 0.297), obtained
with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) at∼ 7 km s-1 resolution, reveals …

Probing the Intergalactic Medium-Galaxy Connection toward PKS 0405–123. III. The Galaxy Survey and Correlations with O VI Absorbers

JX Prochaska, BJ Weiner, HW Chen… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a galaxy survey of the field surrounding PKS 0405-123 performed with the
WFCCD spectrometer at Las Campanas Observatory. The survey is comprised of two data …