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UVES光谱类星体吸收数据库(SQUAD)数据发布1:前1000万秒

The UVES Spectral Quasar Absorption Database (SQUAD) Data Release 1: The first 10 million seconds

Michael T. Murphy, Glenn G. Kacprzak, Giulia A. D. Savorgnan, Robert F. Carswell

摘要:

我们提出了UVES光谱类星体吸收数据库(SQUAD)的第一个数据发布(DR 1),包括467个完全减少,连续拟合的高分辨率类星体光谱从紫外和视觉中阶梯光谱仪(UVES)的欧洲南方天文台的超大望远镜。类星体的红移为$z=0$-5,总曝光时间为1000万秒,在5500埃时,每2.5 km/s像素的连续噪声比为4-342(中位数为20)。SQUAD光谱可通过开源软件从原始的存档UVES曝光中完全再现,包括我们的UVES_popler工具,用于组合多个提取的中阶梯曝光,我们在这里记录。所有处理步骤都是完全透明的,可以针对特定应用进行改进或修改。SQUAD的一个主要目标是使大型类星体和吸收体样本的统计研究,我们提供的工具和基本信息,以协助三个广泛的科学用途:阻尼莱曼- $α$系统(DLAs),吸收线调查和时变吸收线的研究。例如,我们提供了一个目录的155个DLAs的莱曼- $α$线覆盖的DR 1光谱,其中18个是首次报道。这些新的DLAs的HI柱密度从DR 1光谱测量。DR 1是公开可用的,包括所有简化的数据和信息,以重现最终光谱。

英文摘要:

We present the first data release (DR1) of the UVES Spectral Quasar Absorption Database (SQUAD), comprising 467 fully reduced, continuum-fitted high-resolution quasar spectra from the Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. The quasars have redshifts $z=0$-5, and a total exposure time of 10 million seconds provides continuum-to-noise ratios of 4-342 (median 20) per 2.5-km/s pixel at 5500 Å. The SQUAD spectra are fully reproducible from the raw, archival UVES exposures with open-source software, including our UVES_popler tool for combining multiple extracted echelle exposures which we document here. All processing steps are completely transparent and can be improved upon or modified for specific applications. A primary goal of SQUAD is to enable statistical studies of large quasar and absorber samples, and we provide tools and basic information to assist three broad scientific uses: studies of damped Lyman-$α$ systems (DLAs), absorption-line surveys and time-variable absorption lines. For example, we provide a catalogue of 155 DLAs whose Lyman-$α$ lines are covered by the DR1 spectra, 18 of which are reported for the first time. The HI column densities of these new DLAs are measured from the DR1 spectra. DR1 is publicly available and includes all reduced data and information to reproduce the final spectra.

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