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NICMOS Imaging of a Damped Lyman-alpha Absorber at z=1.89 toward LBQS 1210+1731 : Constraints on Size and Star Formation Rate | | Varsha P. Kulkarni
; John M. Hill
; Glenn Schneider
; Ray J. Weymann
; Lisa J. Storrie-Lombardi
; Marcia J. Rieke
; Rodger I. Thompson
; Buell T. Jannuzi
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24 Feb 2000 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | 1 and 2), John M. Hill , Glenn Schneider , Ray J. Weymann , Lisa J. Storrie-Lombardi (3 and 4), Marcia J. Rieke , Rodger I. Thompson , Buell T. Jannuzi ( Clemson University, Univ. of Arizona, Carnegie Observatories, SIRTF Science Center, NOAO | | Abstract: | We report results of a high-resolution imaging search (in rest frame H-$alpha$ and optical continuum) for the galaxy associated with the damped Lyman-$alpha$ (DLA) absorber at $z=1.892$ toward the $z_{em}=2.543$ quasar LBQS 1210+1731, using HST/NICMOS. After PSF subtraction, a feature is seen in both the broad-band and narrow-band images, at a projected separation of 0.25$arcsec$ from the quasar. If associated with the DLA, the object would be $approx 2-3$ $h_{70}^{-1}$ kpc in size with a flux of $9.8 pm 2.4$ $mu$Jy in the F160W filter, implying a luminosity at $lambda_{central}=5500$ {AA} in the rest frame of $1.5 imes 10^{10}$ $h_{70}^{-2}$ L$_{odot}$ at $z=1.89$, for $q_{0}=0.5$. However, no significant H-$alpha$ emission is seen, suggesting a low star formation rate (SFR) (3 $sigma$ upper limit of 4.0 $h_{70}^{-2}$ M$_{odot}$ yr$^{-1}$), or very high dust obscuration. Alternatively, the object may be associated with the host galaxy of the quasar. H-band images obtained with the NICMOS camera 2 coronagraph show a much fainter structure $approx 4-5$ $h_{70}^{-1}$ kpc in size and containing four knots of continuum emission, located 0.7$arcsec$ away from the quasar. We have probed regions far closer to the quasar sight-line than in most previous studies of high-redshift intervening DLAs. The two objects we report mark the closest detected high-redshift DLA candidates yet to any quasar sight line. If the features in our images are associated with the DLA, they suggest faint, compact, somewhat clumpy objects rather than large, well-formed proto-galactic disks or spheroids. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0002445 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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