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 …

The galaxy environment of O VI absorption systems

JT Stocke, SV Penton, CW Danforth… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We combine a FUSE sample of O VI absorbers (z< 0.15) with a database of 1.07 million
galaxy redshifts to explore the relationship between absorbers and galaxy environments. All …

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 …

O VI and Multicomponent HI Absorption Associated with a Galaxy Group in the Direction of PG 0953+ 415: Physical Conditions and Baryonic Content

TM Tripp, BD Savage - The Astrophysical Journal, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of an O VI absorption system at z abs= 0.14232 in a high-resolution
FUV spectrum of PG 0953+ 415 obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph …

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 Connection between a Lyman Limit System, a very strong O VI Absorber, and Galaxies at z∼ 0.203

N Lehner, JX Prochaska, HA Kobulnicky… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
With a column density log N (O vi)= 14.95±0.05, the O vi absorber at z abs≃ 0.2028
observed toward the quasi-stellar object PKS 0312–77 (z em= 0.223) is the strongest yet …

The Relationship between Galaxies and Low-Redshift Weak Lyα Absorbers in the Directions of H1821+ 643 and PG 1116+ 215

TM Tripp, L Lu, BD Savage - The Astrophysical Journal, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
To study the nature of low-z Ly α absorbers in the spectra of QSOs, we have obtained high
signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) UV spectra of H1821+ 643 (z em= 0.297) and PG 1116+ 215 (z …

A Cluster of Low-Redshift Lyα Clouds toward PKS 2155− 304. I. Limits on Metals and D/H

JM Shull, SV Penton, JT Stocke, ML Giroux… - The Astronomical …, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
We report observations from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the VLA on the
galactic environment, metallicity, and D/H in strong low-redshift Ly α absorption systems …

The origin of a chemically enriched Lyα absorption system at Z= 0.167

HW Chen, JX Prochaska - The Astrophysical Journal, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first detailed analysis of the chemical abundances, ionization state, and
origin of a partial Lyman limit system [N (H)≈ 10 16 cm-2] at low redshift (z= 0.167 toward …

Spectroscopic limits on high-redshift Lyα emission

JD Lowenthal, CJ Hogan, RW Leach… - Astrophysical …, 1990 - scholarworks.smith.edu
We have conducted a deep long-slit spectroscopic search for high-redshift (2.7< z< 4.7) Lyα
emission. Four pairs of deep, high-resolution (R≈ 2000), long-slit CCD frames were taken at …