On the origin of quasar absorption lines.
Abstract
Many predictions have been made on the basis of the cosmological hypothesis for the origin of quasar absorption lines. The observational evidence relating to these predictions is summarized. It appears likely that many of the observed absorption lines originate in material that is separated from the emitting quasar by cosmological distances. Two special problems are briefly discussed: the interpretation of redshift splittings and the origin of absorption redshifts larger than their associated emission redshifts.
- Publication:
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Physica Scripta
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0031-8949/17/3/016
- Bibcode:
- 1978PhyS...17..229B
- Keywords:
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- Absorption Spectra;
- Line Spectra;
- Quasars;
- Red Shift;
- Astronomical Spectroscopy;
- Cosmology;
- Emission Spectra;
- Astrophysics;
- Absorption Lines:Quasars;
- Quasars:Redshifts