INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM EMISSION OBSERVATIONS WITH THE COSMIC WEB IMAGER. I. THE CIRCUM-QSO MEDIUM OF QSO 1549+19, AND EVIDENCE FOR A FILAMENTARY GAS INFLOW
@article{Martin2014INTERGALACTICME, title={INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM EMISSION OBSERVATIONS WITH THE COSMIC WEB IMAGER. I. THE CIRCUM-QSO MEDIUM OF QSO 1549+19, AND EVIDENCE FOR A FILAMENTARY GAS INFLOW}, author={D. Christopher Martin and Da-Lei Chang and Matthew J. Matuszewski and Patrick Francis Morrissey and Shahinur Rahman and Anna Marie Moore and Charles C. Steidel}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2014}, volume={786}, pages={106} }
The Palomar Cosmic Web Imager (PCWI), an integral field spectrograph designed to detect and map low surface brightness emission, has obtained imaging spectroscopic maps of Lyα from the circum-QSO medium (CQM) of QSO HS1549+19 at redshift z=2.843. Extensive extended emission is detected from the CQM, consistent with fluorescent and pumped Lyα produced by the ionizing and Lyα continuum of the QSO. Many features present in PCWI spectral images match those detected in narrow-band images…
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