Down-the-barrel observations of a multiphase quasar outflow at high redshift: VLT/X-shooter spectroscopy of the proximate molecular absorber at z=2.631 towards SDSS J001514+184212

no code implementations • 4 Dec 2020 • P. Noterdaeme, S. Balashev, J. -K. Krogager, P. Laursen, R. Srianand, N. Gupta, P. Petitjean, J. P. U. Fynbo

The [OIII] emission line of the quasar is composed of a broad (FWHM~1600 km/s), spatially-unresolved component, blueshifted by ~600 km/s from a narrow, spatially-resolved component (FWHM~650 km/s).

Astrophysics of Galaxies