Measurement of the small-scale structure of the intergalactic medium using close quasar pairs
- Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK., Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl, Germany.
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl, Germany., Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl, Germany.
- Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- University of California Observatories–Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Using quasar pairs to measure smoothness Space between galaxies is filled with a tenuous gas known as the intergalactic medium (IGM). The presence of hydrogen atoms in the IGM at different redshifts imprints a series of absorption lines in the spectra of background quasars. Rorai et al. studied pairs of closely spaced quasars and quantified how similar their absorption lines are as a function of transverse separation and redshift. They thus assessed the smoothness of the IGM on relatively small scales—several times the size of a galaxy. The results constrain interactions between galaxies and the IGM, such as heating by ultraviolet photons. Science , this issue p. 418
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AST-1010004
- OSTI ID:
- 1441051
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1393226
- Journal Information:
- Science, Journal Name: Science Vol. 356 Journal Issue: 6336; ISSN 0036-8075
- Publisher:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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