Original Paper

Integral field observations of damped Lyman-α galaxies

  1. L. Christensen,
  2. S.F. Sánchez1,
  3. K. Jahnke1,
  4. T. Becker1,
  5. A. Kelz1,
  6. L. Wisotzki1,2,
  7. M.M. Roth1

Article first published online: 30 JAN 2004

DOI: 10.1002/asna.200310190

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Astronomische Nachrichten

Astronomische Nachrichten

Volume 325, Issue 2, pages 124–127, February 2004

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How to Cite

Christensen, L., Sánchez, S., Jahnke, K., Becker, T., Kelz, A., Wisotzki, L. and Roth, M. (2004), Integral field observations of damped Lyman-α galaxies. Astronomische Nachrichten, 325: 124–127. doi: 10.1002/asna.200310190

Author Information

  1. 1

    Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany

  2. 2

    Universität Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam, Germany

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 JAN 2004
  2. Article first published online: 30 JAN 2004
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 28 OCT 2003
  4. Manuscript Received: 12 SEP 2003

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Keywords:

  • quasars: absorption lines;
  • quasars: individual (Q0738+313, Q2233+131, Q0151+045)

Abstract

We report preliminary results from a targeted investigation on quasars containing damped Lyman-α absorption (DLA) lines as well strong metal absorption lines, carried out with the Potsdam Multi Aperture Spectrophotometer (PMAS). We search for line-emitting objects at the same redshift as the absorption lines and close to the line of sight of the QSOs. We have observed and detected the already confirmed absorbing galaxies in Q2233+131 (zabs = 3.15) and Q0151+045 (zabs=0.168), while failing to find spectral signatures for the z = 0.091 absorber in Q0738+313. From the Q2233+131 DLA galaxy, we have detected extended Lyα emission from an area of 3″ ×5″. (© 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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