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astro-ph2001
Millions of Single Cloud Weak MgII Systems
Chris Churchill, Jane Rigby, Jane Charlton
We report on a population of absorption systems selected by the presence of very weak Mg II doublets. A sub-population of these systems are iron enriched and have near solar metall…
astro-ph2001
Phase Structure of Weak MgII Absorbers: Star Forming Pockets Outside of Galaxies
Jane C. Charlton, Christopher W. Churchill, Jie Ding +3
A new and mysterious class of object has been revealed by the detection of numerous weak MgII doublets in quasar absorption line spectra. The properties of these objects will be re…