OVI : nature and correlation with galaxies
Abstract
Deep galaxy redshift surveys in the field around sight lines that probe OVI absorbers is a powerful method to investigate the nature of these absorbers and their correlation with galaxies. Here we present preliminary results of a study of fields observed with the GEMINI/GMOS spectrograph centred on three low redshift QSOs known to probe a variety of OVI systems. Notably, some OVI absorbers appear to be associated with isolated, individual galaxies. Others are clearly found within large-scale structures but at substantial distances from any individual galaxy.
- Publication:
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IAU Colloq. 199: Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines
- Pub Date:
- March 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921305002449
- Bibcode:
- 2005pgqa.conf...65A