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OATS-DAUT SEMINAR
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Speaker:
Jason X. Prochaska (University of California Observatories)
Title:
Quasars Probing Quasars and the Surrounding IGM
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Abstract:
I will discuss results based on studies of absorption
line systems in projected quasar pairs. This will include
the QSO-MgII cross-correlation function, the incidence
of optically thick at near separations to QSOs (<200 kpc)
and ongoing studies of flourescence from these systems.
I'll describe the implications for studying the mass and sizes
of absorption systems and also the lifetime and physical
environment of z~2 quasars.
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