GHOST Commissioning Science Results III: Characterizing an iron-poor damped Lyman $α$ system
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| author | Berg, Trystyn A. M. Hayes, Christian R. Cristiani, Stefano McConnachie, Alan Robertson, J. Gordon Sestito, Federico Simpson, Chris Waller, Fletcher Chin, Timothy Densmore, Adam Diaz, Ruben J. Edgar, Michael L. Lettura, Javier Fuentes Gómez-Jiménez, Manuel Kalari, Venu M. Lawrence, Jon Margheim, Steven Pazder, John Ruiz-Carmona, Roque Salinas, Ricardo Silva, Karleyne M. G. Silversides, Katherine Venn, Kim A. |
| author_facet | Berg, Trystyn A. M. Hayes, Christian R. Cristiani, Stefano McConnachie, Alan Robertson, J. Gordon Sestito, Federico Simpson, Chris Waller, Fletcher Chin, Timothy Densmore, Adam Diaz, Ruben J. Edgar, Michael L. Lettura, Javier Fuentes Gómez-Jiménez, Manuel Kalari, Venu M. Lawrence, Jon Margheim, Steven Pazder, John Ruiz-Carmona, Roque Salinas, Ricardo Silva, Karleyne M. G. Silversides, Katherine Venn, Kim A. |
| contents | The Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) is a new echelle spectrograph available on the Gemini-South telescope as of Semester 2024A. We present the first high resolution spectrum of the quasar J1449-1227 (redshift z_em=3.27) using data taken during the commissioning of GHOST. The observed quasar hosts an intervening iron-poor ([Fe/H] = -2.5) damped Lyman alpha (DLA) system at redshift z=2.904. Taking advantage of the high spectral resolving power of GHOST (R~55000), we are able to accurately model the metal absorption lines of the metal-poor DLA and find a supersolar [Si/Fe], suggesting the DLA gas is in an early stage of chemical enrichment. Using simple ionization models, we find that the large range in the C IV/Si IV column density ratio of individual components within the DLA's high ionization absorption profile can be reproduced by several metal-poor Lyman limit systems surrounding the low-ionization gas of the DLA. It is possible that this metal-poor DLA resides within a complex system of metal-poor galaxies or filaments with inflowing gas. The high spectral resolution, wavelength coverage and sensitivity of GHOST makes it an ideal spectrograph for characterizing the chemistry and kinematics of quasar absorption lines. |
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| spellingShingle | GHOST Commissioning Science Results III: Characterizing an iron-poor damped Lyman $α$ system Berg, Trystyn A. M. Hayes, Christian R. Cristiani, Stefano McConnachie, Alan Robertson, J. Gordon Sestito, Federico Simpson, Chris Waller, Fletcher Chin, Timothy Densmore, Adam Diaz, Ruben J. Edgar, Michael L. Lettura, Javier Fuentes Gómez-Jiménez, Manuel Kalari, Venu M. Lawrence, Jon Margheim, Steven Pazder, John Ruiz-Carmona, Roque Salinas, Ricardo Silva, Karleyne M. G. Silversides, Katherine Venn, Kim A. Astrophysics of Galaxies The Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) is a new echelle spectrograph available on the Gemini-South telescope as of Semester 2024A. We present the first high resolution spectrum of the quasar J1449-1227 (redshift z_em=3.27) using data taken during the commissioning of GHOST. The observed quasar hosts an intervening iron-poor ([Fe/H] = -2.5) damped Lyman alpha (DLA) system at redshift z=2.904. Taking advantage of the high spectral resolving power of GHOST (R~55000), we are able to accurately model the metal absorption lines of the metal-poor DLA and find a supersolar [Si/Fe], suggesting the DLA gas is in an early stage of chemical enrichment. Using simple ionization models, we find that the large range in the C IV/Si IV column density ratio of individual components within the DLA's high ionization absorption profile can be reproduced by several metal-poor Lyman limit systems surrounding the low-ionization gas of the DLA. It is possible that this metal-poor DLA resides within a complex system of metal-poor galaxies or filaments with inflowing gas. The high spectral resolution, wavelength coverage and sensitivity of GHOST makes it an ideal spectrograph for characterizing the chemistry and kinematics of quasar absorption lines. |
| title | GHOST Commissioning Science Results III: Characterizing an iron-poor damped Lyman $α$ system |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10058 |