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Abundances in the High-redshift Intergalactic Medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2005

Joop Schaye  and
Anthony Aguirre
Joop Schaye
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, P.O. Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands email: schaye@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Anthony Aguirre
Affiliation:
UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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Abstract

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The enrichment of the intergalactic medium (IGM) with heavy elements provides us with a record of past star formation and with an opportunity to study the interactions between galaxies and their environments. We summarize current data analysis methods and observational constraints on abundances in the diffuse, high-redshift (z>2) IGM. This review is targeted at interested outsiders and attempts to answer the following questions: Why should you care? What do we want to measure? How do we do it? What do we know? What are the common misconceptions?

Keywords

Intergalactic mediumquasars: absorption linesgalaxies: formation
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Symposium S228: From Lithium to Uranium: Elemental Tracers of Early Cosmic Evolution , May 2005 , pp. 557 - 568
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© 2005 International Astronomical Union