Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines (IAU C199)

, by Edited by Peter Williams , Cheng-Gang Shu , Brice Menard

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This volume reviews recent research progress in the field of quasar absorption line systems, from both observational and theoretical perspectives. The seventy-eight papers cover topics ranging from the galaxy-absorber connection, Lyman-alpha systems, abundances and dust, and high redshift studies including re-ionisation, to models and numerical simulations concerning many of these aspects. The papers include detailed reviews by leading researchers in these fields as well as many new results reported here for the first time, and provide a valuable resource for graduate students and professional astronomers.

Preface

xiii

Welcome address

Prof. Jian-Sheng Chen

The organising committee

xvii

Conference participants

xix

The conference in photographs

xxi

Part 1. THE ABSORBER--GALAXY CONNECTION

The connections between QSO absorption systems and galaxies: low-redshift observations (Review)

(19)

T. M. Tripp

D. V. Bowen

MgII absorption through intermediate redshift galaxies (Invited)

(18)

C. W. Churchill

G. G. Kacprzak

C. C. Steidel

The sizes of absorption line systems (Invited)

(8)

P. Petitjean

The relationship between Lyα forest absorbers and galaxies: finding the keys at the lowest redshifts (Invited)

(8)

J. T. Stocke

B. A. Keeney

S. V. Penton

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey QSO absorption line catalogue (Invited)

(7)

D. G. York

OVI: nature and correlation with galaxies

(3)

B. Aracil

T. M. Tripp

D. V. Bowen

Unmasking damped Lyα absorbing galaxies at O < 1

(6)

H. W. Chen

A survey for DLA galaxies with integral field spectroscopy

(6)

L. Christensen

Galaxy morphology -- halo gas connections

(6)

G. G. Kacprzak

C. W. Churchill

C. C. Steidel

Constraining MgII absorber systems with the SDSS

(6)

B. Menard

Towards an understanding of the physical nature of MgII absorption systems

(6)

D. B. Nestor

D. A. Turnshek

S. M. Rao

The HI properties and environment of Lyman-α absorbers

(6)

J. L. Rosenberg

The mean metallicity kinematics relation in high column density MgII absorbers and selection effects in DLA surveys

104

(10)

D. A. Turnshek

Local galaxies as damped Lyman-α absorber analogues

114

(11)

M. A. Zwaan

Part 2. LYMAN--ALPHA SYSTEMS

Damped Lyman α surveys and statistics: a review (Review)

125

(23)

S. M. Rao

Star formation in damped Lyα systems (Invited)

148

(8)

A. M. Wolfe

HI 21cm absorption studies of damped Lyman-α systems

156

(6)

N. Kanekar

J. N. Chenyalur

The distribution and baryon content of HI absorbers at z < 0.5

162

(6)

N. Lehner

Molecular hydrogen at high-z: physical conditions in protogalaxies

168

(6)

R. Srianand

DLA systems in GRB afterglows

174

(11)

P. M. Vreeswijk

Part 3. MODELS AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS

Numerical simulations of quasar absorbers (Review)

185

(20)

T. Theuns

Cold gas in dark matter halos and the formation of late-type galaxies (Invited)

205

(8)

H. J. Mo

The effects of galactic winds on the IGM in semi-analytic simulations

213

(6)

S. Bertone

S. D. M. White

F. Stoehr

Constraints on the meta-galactic hydrogen ionisation rate from the Lyman-α forest opacity

219

(6)

J. S. Bolton

Star formation and chemical evolution of DLAs with semi-analytical models

225

(6)

J. L. Hou

Low-rodshift quasar absorption-line systems: inside and around galaxies

231

(6)

W. P. Lin. G. Borner

H. J. Mo

Multi-phase galaxy formation and quasar absorption systems

237

(6)

A. H. Maller

DLAs in simulated galaxies and dust obscuration

243

(6)

A. H. Nelson

D. K. Churches

M. G. Edmunds

Expansion and collapse in the cosmic web

249

(6)

M. Rauch

The Lyman-α forest as a probe of fundamental physics

255

(10)

M. Viel

Part 4. ABUNDANCES AND DUST

Highly ionised absorbers at high redshift (Review)

265

(16)

J. Bergeron

S. Herbert-Fort

Absorption systems in radio-selected QSO surveys (Invited)

281

(8)

S. L. Ellison

Observational tests of intergalactic enrichment models

289

(6)

A. Aguirre

J. Schaye

Chemical variations and star formation histories of damped Lyα systems

295

(6)

M. Dessauges-Zavadsky

The metallicity of the high column density Lyα forest at 2 < z < 3.5

301

(6)

T. S. Kim

The evolution of damped Ly-α absorbers: metallicities and star formation rates

307

(6)

V. P. Kulkarni

Probing isotopic ratios at redshift z = 0.89: molecular line absorption toward PKS 1830-211

313

(6)

S. Muller

Chemical abundances in star-forming galaxies and damped Lyman alpha systems

319

(6)

R. E. Schulte-Ladbeck

B. Konig

B. Cherinka

Dust obscuration of DLA galaxies

325

(6)

G. Vladilo

Detection of the 2175 A dust feature from The Sloan Digital Sky Survey first and second data releases

331

(10)

J. F. Wang

Part 5. HIGH REDSHIFT: THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS

Galaxies, intergalactic absorption lines, and feedback at high redshift (Invited)

341

(8)

K. L. Adelberger

Quasar absorption lines at high redshift: through a glass darkly (Invited)

349

(8)

S. R. Furlanetto

The very high-redshift Lyα forest at high resolution

357

(6)

G. D. Becker

W. L. W. Sargent

M. Rauch

Spectroscopic studies of z ~ 5.7 and z ~ 6.5 galaxies: implications for reionisation

363

(6)

E. M. Hu

Ionisation fronts and their interaction with density fluctuations: implications for reionisation

369

(6)

I. T. Iliev

Total gas mass ΩHI+HeII at z > 2

375

(6)

C. Peroux

LOFAR - a new low-frequency radio telescope

381

(6)

H. Rottgering

M. van Haarlem

G. Miley

IR QSOs at low and high redshifts

387

(10)

X. Y. Xia

Part 6. POSTERS

The mean HI optical depth of the intergalactic medium

397

(3)

A. Aghaee

Active galactic nuclei and their host galaxies

400

(3)

W. H. Bian

Y. H. Zhao

L. P. Cheng

Measuring the halo mass of MgII absorbers from their cross-correlation with Luminous Red Galaxies

403

(3)

N. Bouche

The topology of the intergalactic medium from multiple lines of sight to quasars

406

(3)

S. Caucci

Probing the variation of the fine-structure constant using QSO absorption lines

409

(3)

H. Chand

Probing the 3-D matter distribution at z ~ 2 with QSO multiple lines of sight

412

(3)

S. Cristiani

BAL QSOs in the eigenvector 1 context: toward a self-consistent model of the line absorbing/emitting regions

415

(3)

D. Dultzin-Hacyan

Chandra observations of isolated early-type galaxies

418

(3)

Z. Y. Huo

Self-consistent modelling of the dust evolution in damped Ly-alpha systems

421

(3)

E. R. Kasimova

Yu. A. Shchekinov

Does the Milky Way produce a starburst wind?

424

(3)

B. A. Keeney

Evidence for the presence of dust in intervening QSO absorbers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

427

(3)

P. Khare

A search for organic molecules in intermediate redshift DLAs

430

(3)

B. Lawton

The mass-metallicity relation for high-redshift damped Lyα galaxies

433

(3)

C. Ledoux

The VLT-UVES survey for molecular hydrogen in high-redshift damped Lyman-α systems

436

(3)

G. Ledoux

P. Petitjean

R. Srianand

Physical properties of lensed high-redshift galaxies

439

(3)

M. Lemoine-Busserolle

The metallicities of Luminous Infrared Galaxies at z ~ 0.7, hints to the evolution of galaxies

442

(3)

Y. C. Liang

A damped Lyα system along two lines of sight at z = 0.93

445

(3)

S. Lopez

Adaptive optics imaging search for damped Lyα absorbers toward APM 08279+5255

448

(3)

Y. Minowa

The evolution of weak MgII absorption lines

451

(3)

T. Misawa

H I gas in higher density regions of the IGM

454

(3)

T. Misawa

VLT/UVES shows no cosmological variability of α

457

(3)

P. Molaro

Evolution of damped Lyman-alpha galaxies from hierarchical structure formation models

460

(3)

K. Okoshi

M. Nagashima

Chemical history at z ≥ 2.0: first results from the Magellan + Keck survey of Lyman limit systems

463

(3)

J. M. O'Meara

The MIKE/HIRES Lyman limit survey: first results

466

(3)

G. E. Prochter

Hunting for the missing baryons in the warm-hot intergalactic medium

469

(3)

P. Richter

Correlation of low z Lyman-α absorbers with HI-selected galaxies

472

(3)

E. Ryan-Weber

Evidence for a magnitude-dependent bias in the Hamburg/ESO survey for damped Lyman-α systems

475

(3)

A. Smette

The stochastic effects of Lyα absorbers on the broadband luminosities of galaxies

478

(3)

T. Tepper-Garia

U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben

Preselecting AGN candidates from multi-wavelength data by ADTree

481

(3)

Y. X. Zhang

H. W. Zheng

Y. H. Zhao

Progress in studies of intergalactic HeII absorption

484

(7)

W. Zheng

Author index

491

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Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines (IAU C199)

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