QSO Absorption Lines
QSO Absorption Lines
Probing the Universe
August 1988
Unavailable - out of print July 2008
Hardback
9780521345613
Out of Print
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This second title in the series published for the Space Telescope Science Institute researches the current models of quasar absorption and the systems of absorption lines in the spectra of quasars. Experts in this field discuss the nature of the absorbing process in the vicinity of quasars, the "Lyman-alpha forest", metal-line systems, and quasars as probes of high redshift galaxies. The Hubble Space Telescope will be a valuable tool for learning more about the physics and astronomy of quasars.
Product details
August 1988Hardback
9780521345613
360 pages
247 × 174 × 25 mm
0.842kg
Unavailable - out of print July 2008
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. QSO absorption lines: introduction W. L. W. Sargent
- 2. BAL QSOs: observations, models and implications for narrow absorption line systems David A. Turnshek
- 3. QSO absorption systems with zabs ≈ zem C. B. Foltz, F. H. Chaffee, R. J. Weymann and S. F. Anderson
- 4. The Ly-a forest: observational evidence for line evolution Richard W. Hunstead
- 5. Properties of the Ly-a clouds R. F. Carswell
- 6. Absorption lines and galaxy formation Martin J. Rees
- 7. Properties of the heavy-element absorption systems Jacqueline Bergeron
- 8. High resolution observations of heavy-element absorption J. Chris Blades
- 9. In search of a unified description of the narrow absorption line systems David Tytler
- 10. The properties of the gaseous galactic corona Blair D. Savage
- 11. Analogies at low redshift for QSO absorption line regions D. G. York
- 12. The extent of galaxies in 21 cm Renzo Sancisi
- 13. Evening panel discussion
- 14. 21 centimeter absorption line F. H. Briggs
- 15. Damped Ly-a absorption systems Arthur M. Wolfe
- 16. QSO absorption lines and the universe at redshifts between 1 and 4 J. P. Ostriker.
