Integral field observations of DLA galaxies
arXiv:astro-ph/0401053 · doi:10.1002/asna.200310190
Abstract
We report preliminary results from a targeted investigation on quasars containing damped Lyman-alpha 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 (z_abs=3.15) and Q0151+045 (z_abs=0.160), 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 Ly-alpha emission from an area of 3"*5".
4 pages, 5 figures; references corrected, redshift typo corrected
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