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J/A+A/318/347       Absorption lines in QSO 0000-2619 (Savaglio+, 1997)
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The shape of the ionizing UV background at z~3.7 from the metal 
absorption systems of Q 0000-2619
    Savaglio S., Cristiani S., D'Odorico S., Fontana A., Giallongo E.,
    Molaro P.
   <Astron. Astrophys. 318, 347 (1997)>
   =1997A&A...318..347S      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: QSOs ; Spectra, ultraviolet
Keywords: galaxies: formation of - intergalactic medium -
          quasars: Q0000-2619 - quasar: absorption lines

Description:
    We give the list of absorption lines in the high resolution (FWHM=13 km/s)
    spectrum of the z=4.12 QSO 0000-2619. The first table contains the lines
    of the Lyman-alpha forest, while in the second table the lines of
    the metal systems are listed.

Objects:
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        RA   (2000)   DE    Designation(s)
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    00 02 33.6   -26 02 18  QSO 0000-2619
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File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table2             55      304   Absorption line parameters of the Lyman-alpha
                                  forest
table2.tex         69      366   LaTeX version of table2
table3             54      214   Absorption line parameters of the metal systems
table3.tex         71      266   LaTeX version of table3
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2 table3
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     No        Line number
   5- 11  F7.2  0.1nm   lambda    Line position
  13- 17  F5.2 [cm-2]   logN      HI column density
  19- 23  F5.2 [cm-2] e_logN      rms uncertainty on logN
  26- 29  F4.1  km/s    b         Doppler width
  31- 35  F5.1  km/s  e_b         rms uncertainty on b
  37- 43  F7.5  ---     z         Redsfhit
  45- 54  A10   ---     ID        Line identification
      55  A1    ---     Note      [*] Note (1)
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Note (1): Lines marked with an asterisk have been fitted using simultaneously
           the observed Lyman-alpha and Lyman-beta profile.
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(End)          Sandra Savaglio [ESO], Patricia Bauer [CDS]        12-Jul-1996
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