Structure of the MgII and damped Lyman-alpha systems along the line of sight to APM 08279+5255

Patrick Petitjean, Bastien Aracil, R. Srianand +1

A study of the absorption systems toward the gravitationally lensed quasar APM 08279+5255 is presented. Most of the MgII systems in the redshift range 1.2-2.07, although saturated,…