ON MEASURING THE DEUTERIUM ABUNDANCE IN QSO ABSORPTION SYSTEMS

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作者
WEBB, JK [1 ]
CARSWELL, RF [1 ]
IRWIN, MJ [1 ]
PENSTON, MV [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,INST ASTRON,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HA,ENGLAND
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10.1093/mnras/250.4.657
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P1 [天文学];
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We describe the results of numerical simulations aimed at evaluating techniques for potential measurements of the deuterium abundance in extragalactic absorption clouds. The calculations provide a guide to the precision with which we may hope to measure D/H using existing observational facilities. The measurement error can be small enough to provide valuable cosmological constraints, even if the deuterium absorption cannot be seen as a separate feature in the wing of the hydrogen lines and instead is only seen as an extension in the blue wing of one or more of the hydrogen lines.
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