Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines (IAU C199)

Review of recent research in the field of quasar absorption line systems.

Peter Williams (Edited by), Cheng-Gang Shu (Edited by), Brice Menard (Edited by)

9780521852050, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 December 2005

528 pages, 258 b/w illus. 30 tables
25.4 x 18 x 3 cm, 1.211 kg

This volume reviews recent research progress in the field of quasar absorption line systems, from both observational and theoretical perspectives. The seventy-eight papers cover topics ranging from the galaxy-absorber connection, Lyman-alpha systems, abundances and dust, and high redshift studies including re-ionisation, to models and numerical simulations concerning many of these aspects. The papers include detailed reviews by leading researchers in these fields as well as many new results reported here for the first time, and provide a valuable resource for graduate students and professional astronomers.

Part I. The Absorber-Galaxy Connection
Part II. Lyman-Alpha Systems
Part III. Models and Numerical Simulations
Part IV. Abundances and Dust
Part V. High Redshift: Theory and Observations
Part VI. Posters.

Subject Areas: Cosmology & the universe [PGK]