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astro-ph.GA2015★ 81 cited
MApping the Most Massive Overdensities Through Hydrogen (MAMMOTH) I: Methodology
Zheng Cai, Xiaohui Fan, Sebastien Peirani +8
Modern cosmology predicts that a galaxy overdensity is associated to a large reservoir of the intergalactic gas, which can be traced by the Ly forest absorption. We have underta…
astro-ph.GA2015★ 75 cited
Quasars Probing Quasars VIII. The Physical Properties of the Cool Circumgalactic Medium Surrounding z ~ 2-3 Massive Galaxies Hosting Quasars
Marie Wingyee Lau, J. Xavier Prochaska, Joseph F. Hennawi
We characterize the physical properties of the cool T ~10^4 K circumgalactic medium surrounding z ~2-3 quasar host galaxies, which are predicted to evolve into present day massive…