14 papers
From the Intergalactic to the Interstellar Scales -- EQUALS: a High-resolution Legacy Survey of Gas in the Distant Universe Using ESPRESSO
Trystyn Berg, Valentina D'Odorico, Elisa Boera +14
Understanding how the Universe evolved from diffuse primordial gas into the rich cosmic web we observe today is one of the great challenges of modern astrophysics. Quasar absorptio…
Detecting the IGM metal enrichment with the 2-point correlation function of the flux. Application to the UVES deep spectrum
Simona Di Stefano, Valentina D'Odorico, Guido Cupani +5
The distribution and the abundance of metals in the intergalactic medium (IGM) have strong implications on galaxy formation and evolution models. The ionic transitions of heavy ele…
Updated dark pixel fraction constraints on reionization's end from the Lyman-series forests of XQR-30
Frederick B. Davies, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Valentina D'Odorico +16
The fraction of "dark pixels" in the Ly and other Lyman-series forests at provides a powerful constraint on the end of the reionization process. Any spectral region…
Neutral hydrogen in and around galaxies during the Epoch of Reionization
V. Gelli, C. Mason, A. Pallottini +9
JWST spectra revealing Lyman- (Ly) absorption in galaxies offer a unique probe of reionization's earliest stages. However, disentangling absorption by the incr…
The clustering of C IV and Si IV at the end of reionisation: A perspective from the E-XQR-30 survey
Louise Welsh, Valentina D'Odorico, Fabio Fontanot +14
We aim to study the clustering of metal absorption lines and the structures that they arise in as a function of cosmic time. We focus on C IV and Si IV absorption features that are…
Unmixed metals: Variations in the enrichment of z~4 sub-damped Lyman alpha systems
Trystyn A. M. Berg, Louise A. Welsh, Ryan J. Cooke +4
The chemical abundance patterns of near-pristine objects provide important constraints on the properties of the first generations of stars in the Universe. We present the chemical…