10 MPC QSO Absorber Correlations at Z ~ 3
Abstract
We present results from a survey of the Lyman alpha forest at 2.15<z<3.26 toward ten QSOs concentrated within a 1 degree field. We find correlations of the Lyman alpha absorption line wavelengths between different lines-of-sight over the whole redshift range. This indicates the existence of large-scale structures in the Lyman alpha forest extending at least over ~36/h comoving Mpc in the plane of the sky, as may be expected from recent large scale structure simulations.
- Publication:
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Structure and Evolution of the Intergalactic Medium from QSO Absorption Line System
- Pub Date:
- 1997
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/9709170
- Bibcode:
- 1997seim.proc..191W
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, LaTeX (type return if "10pt.sty" error message), with 1 PostScript figure, to appear in the Proceedings of the 13th IAP Colloquium (July 1-5, 1997): ``Structure and Evolution of the IGM from QSO Absorption Line Systems''