Fluorescent Lyman α emission from gas near a QSO at redshift 4.28

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2006

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Francis, Paul
McDonnell, Sunsanee

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We use integral field spectroscopy with the Gemini North Telescope to detect probable fluorescent Lyman α (Lyα) emission from gas lying close to the luminous QSO PSS 2155+1358 at redshift 4.28. The emission is most likely coming not from primordial gas,

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Keywords: Galaxies: high-redshift; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines; Quasars: individual: PSS 2155+1358

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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