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A Catalogue of Damped Lyman Alpha Absorption Systems and Radio Flux Densities of the Background Quasars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

S. J. Curran*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
J. K. Webb
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
M. T. Murphy
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
R. Bandiera
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi, 5, 50125, Italy
E. Corbelli
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi, 5, 50125, Italy
V. V. Flambaum
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
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We present a catalogue of the 322 damped Lyman alpha absorbers taken from the literature. All damped Lyman alpha absorbers are included, with no selection on redshift or quasar magnitude. Of these, 123 are candidates and await confirmation using high resolution spectroscopy. For all 322 objects we catalogue the radio properties of the background quasars, where known. Around 60 quasars have radio flux densities above 0.1 Jy and approximately half of these have optical magnitudes brighter than V = 18. This compilation should prove useful in several areas of extragalactic/cosmological research.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2002

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