The Relationship Between Stellar Populations and Lyman Alpha Emission in Lyman Break Galaxies (2009)
Kornei, Katherine A., Shapley, Alice E., Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Reddy, Naveen A., Pettini, Max, ...
We present the results of a photometric and spectroscopic survey of 321 Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z ~ 3 to investigate systematically the relationship between Lya emission and stellar...
Quider, Anna M., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Stark, Daniel P.
We report the results of a study of the rest-frame UV spectrum of the Cosmic Eye, a luminous Lyman break galaxy at z=3.07331 gravitationally lensed by a factor of 25. The spectrum, recorded with the...
CASSOWARY 20: a Wide Separation Einstein Cross Identified with the X-shooter Spectrograph (2009)
Pettini, Max, Christensen, Lise, D'Odorico, Sandro, Belokurov, Vasily, Evans, N. Wyn, Hewett, Paul C., ...
We have used spectra obtained with X-shooter, the triple arm optical-infrared spectrograph recently commissioned on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), to...
The nature of HI absorbers in GRB afterglows: clues from hydrodynamic simulations (2009)
Pontzen, Andrew, Deason, Alis, Governato, Fabio, Pettini, Max, Wadsley, James, Quinn, Thomas, ...
In recent work, we have shown that it is possible to link quantitatively many aspects of damped Lyman alpha (DLA) absorbers in the spectra of quasars to high resolution simulations of galaxy...
Quider, Anna M., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C.
Taking advantage of strong gravitational lensing, we have recorded the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) spectrum of the z= 2.38115 galaxy 'the Cosmic Horseshoe' (J1148+1930) at higher resolution and...
Quider, Anna M., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C.
Taking advantage of strong gravitational lensing, we have recorded the rest-frame UV spectrum of the z = 2.38115 galaxy `The Cosmic Horseshoe' (J1148+1930) at higher resolution and S/N than is...
Rest-Frame Optical Spectra of Three Strongly Lensed Galaxies at z~2 (2009)
Hainline, Kevin N., Shapley, Alice E., Kornei, Katherine A., Pettini, Max, Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth, Allam, Sahar S., ...
We present Keck II NIRSPEC rest-frame optical spectra for three recently discovered lensed galaxies: the Cosmic Horseshoe (z = 2.38), the Clone (z = 2.00), and SDSS J090122.37+181432.3 (z = 2.26)....
The Kiloparsec-scale Kinematics of High-redshift Star-forming Galaxies (2009)
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Larkin, James E., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., ...
We present the results of a spectroscopic survey of the kinematic structure of star-forming galaxies at redshift z ~ 2-3 using Keck/OSIRIS integral field spectroscopy. Our sample is comprised of 12...
A downturn in intergalactic CIV as redshift 6 is approached (2009)
Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Pettini, Max, Madau, Piero, Zych, Berkeley J.
We present the results of the largest survey to date for intergalactic metals at redshifts z > 5, using near-IR spectra of nine QSOs with emission redshifts z(em) > 5.7. We find, for the first time,...
The Kiloparsec-Scale Kinematics of High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies (2009)
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Larkin, James E., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., ...
We present the results of a spectroscopic survey of the kinematic structure of star-forming galaxies at redshift z ~ 2 - 3 using Keck/OSIRIS integral field spectroscopy. Our sample is comprised of 12...
A downturn in intergalactic C IV as redshift 6 is approached (2009)
Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Pettini, Max, Madau, Piero, Zych, Berkeley J.
We present the results of the largest survey to date for intergalactic metals at redshifts z > 5 , using near-IR spectra of nine quasi-stellar objects with emission redshifts zem > 5.7 . We...
A downturn in intergalactic C IV as redshift 6 is approached (2009)
Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Pettini, Max, Madau, Piero, Zych, Berkeley J.
We present the results of the largest survey to date for intergalactic metals at redshifts z > 5 , using near-IR spectra of nine quasi-stellar objects with emission redshifts zem > 5.7 . We...
Deuterium abundance in the most metal-poor damped Lyman alpha system: converging on Ωb,0h^2 (2008)
Pettini, Max, Zych, Berkeley J., Murphy, Michael T., Lewis, Antony, Steidel, Charles C.
The most metal-poor damped Lyα system known to date, at zabs= 2.61843 in the spectrum of the QSO Q0913+072, with an oxygen abundance of only ∼1/250 of the solar value, shows six well-resolved DI...
Dust Biasing of Damped Lyman Alpha Systems: a Bayesian Analysis (2008)
If damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) contain even modest amounts of dust, the ultraviolet luminosity of the background quasar can be severely diminished. When the spectrum is redshifted, this leads...
Measurements of CaII absorption, metals, and dust in a sample of z~1 DLAs and subDLAs (2008)
Nestor, Daniel, Pettini, Max, Hewett, Paul, Rao, Sandhya, Wild, Vivienne
We present observations of CaII, ZnII, and CrII absorption lines in 16 DLAs and 6 subDLAs at 0.6 < z < 1.3, obtained for the dual purposes of: (i) clarifying the relationship between DLAs and...
A search for damped Lyman-alpha systems towards radio-loud quasars I: The optical survey (2008)
Ellison, Sara L., York, Brian A., Pettini, Max, Kanekar, Nissim
We present the results from the optical component of a survey for damped Lyman-alpha systems (DLAs) towards radio-loud quasars. Our quasar sample is drawn from the Texas radio survey with the...
Pettini, Max, Zych, Berkeley J., Murphy, Michael T., Lewis, Antony, Steidel, Charles C.
The most metal-poor DLA known to date, at z = 2.61843 in the spectrum of the QSO Q0913+072, with an oxygen abundance only about 1/250 of the solar value, shows six well resolved D I Lyman series...
Damped Lyman Alpha Systems in Galaxy Formation Simulations (2008)
Pontzen, Andrew, Governato, Fabio, Pettini, Max, Booth, C. M., Stinson, Greg, Wadsley, James, ...
We investigate the population of z=3 damped Lyman alpha absorbers (DLAs) in a recent series of high resolution galaxy formation simulations. The simulations are of interest because they form at z=0...
C, N, O abundances in the most metal-poor damped Lyman alpha systems (2008)
Pettini, Max, Zych, Berkeley J., Steidel, Charles C., Chaffee, Fred H.
This study focuses on some of the most metal-poor damped Lyα (DLA) absorbers known in the spectra of high-redshift QSOs, using new and archival observations obtained with ultraviolet-sensitive...
Detection of the transverse proximity effect : radiative feedback from bright QSOs (2008)
Gonçalves, Thiago S., Steidel, Charles C., Pettini, Max
Measuring the response of the intergalactic medium (IGM) to a blast of ionizing radiation allows one to infer the physical properties of the medium and, in principle, the lifetime and isotropy of the...
Reddy, Naveen A., Steidel, Charles C., Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L., Shapley, Alice E., Erb, Dawn K., ...
We use a sample of rest-frame UV-selected and spectroscopically observed galaxies at redshifts 1.9 ≤ z < 3.4, combined with ground-based spectroscopic Hα and Spitzer MIPS 24 μm data, to derive...
Brinchmann, Jarle, Pettini, Max, Charlot, Stephane
We have used extensive libraries of model and empirical galaxy spectra (assembled respectively from the population synthesis code of Bruzual and Charlot and the fourth data release of the Sloan...
Measurements of Ca II absorption, metals and dust in a sample of z≃ 1 DLAs and subDLAs (2008)
Nestor, Daniel B., Pettini, Max, Hewett, Paul C., Rao, Sandhya, Wild, Vivienne
Pettini, Max, Zych, Berkeley J., Murphy, Michael T., Lewis, Antony M., Steidel, Charles C.
The most metal-poor damped Lyα system known to date, at z abs = 2.61843 in the spectrum of the QSO Q0913+072, with an oxygen abundance of only ∼1/250 of the solar value, shows six...
Pettini, Max, Zych, Berkeley J., Murphy, Michael T., Lewis, Antony M., Steidel, Charles C.
The most metal-poor damped Lyα system known to date, at z abs = 2.61843 in the spectrum of the QSO Q0913+072, with an oxygen abundance of only ∼1/250 of the solar value, shows six well-resolved D...
C, N, O Abundances in the Most Metal-Poor Damped Lyman alpha Systems (2007)
Pettini, Max, Zych, Berkeley J., Steidel, Charles C., Chaffee, Fred H.
This study focuses on some of the most metal-poor damped Lyman alpha absorbers known in the spectra of high redshift QSOs, using new and archival observations obtained with UV-sensitive echelle...
The Discovery of Primeval Galaxies and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation (2007)
Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel, Kurt L. Adelberger, Melinda Kellogg, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco
In the last two years there have been major advances in our ability to identify and study normal star forming galaxies at high redshifts, when the universe was only 15 % of its present age. We review...
Estimating the Mass Density of Neutral Gas At (2007)
Priyamvada Natarajan, Max Pettini
We use the relationships between galactic H I mass and B-band luminosity determined by Rao & Briggs to recalculate the mass density of neutral gas at the present epoch based on more recent...
The Spectra of Star Forming Galaxies at High Redshift (2007)
At High Redshift, Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco, Kurt L. Adelberger
. We review the spectral properties of the population of star forming galaxies at z ¸ 3 discovered using a colour selection technique which targets the Lyman discontinuity at 912 A. The UV...
Galaxies And Dust At High Redshift (2007)
Richard Hunstead, Max Pettini, David King, Linda J. Smith
Much of our knowledge about the formation and evolution of high-redshift galaxies has come from studying the absorption signatures they impress on the spectra of background QSOs. The damped Lyman ff...
David V. Bowen, J. Chris Blades, Max Pettini
The increasing availability of high quality spectra of QSO absorption line systems at resolutions of only a few km s \Gamma1 is expected to facilitate the translation of the kinematics of components...
The Sightline to Q2343-BX415: Clues to Galaxy Formation in a Quasar Environment (2007)
Rix, Samantha A., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L., Erb, Dawn K., ...
We have discovered a strong DLA coincident in redshift with the faint QSO Q2343-BX415 (R = 20.2, z_(em) = 2.57393). Follow-up observations at intermediate spectral resolution reveal that the metal...
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Larkin, James E., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., ...
We present early results from an ongoing study of the kinematic structure of star-forming galaxies at redshift z similar to 2-3 using integral-field spectroscopy of rest-frame optical nebular...
York, Brian A., Kanekar, Nissim, Ellison, Sara L., Pettini, Max
We report the detection of HI 21 cm absorption from the $z=2.289$ damped Lyman-$\alpha$ system (DLA) towards TXS 0311+430, with the Green Bank Telescope. The 21 cm absorption has a velocity spread...
Morphologies of Galaxies in and around a Protocluster at z = 2.300 (2007)
Peter, Annika H. G., Shapley, Alice E., Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Reddy, Naveen A., ...
We present results from the first robust investigation of galaxy morphology as a function of environment at z > 1.5. Our study is motivated by the fact that star-forming galaxies contained within a...
The Sightline to Q2343-BX415: Clues to Galaxy Formation in a Quasar Environment (2007)
Rix, Samantha A., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L., Erb, Dawn K., ...
(Abridged) We have discovered a strong DLA coincident in redshift with the faint QSO Q2343-BX415 (R = 20.2, z_em = 2.57393). Follow-up observations at intermediate spectral resolution reveal that the...
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Larkin, James E., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., ...
We present early results from an ongoing study of the kinematic structure of star-forming galaxies at redshift z ~ 2 - 3 using integral-field spectroscopy of rest-frame optical nebular emission lines...
Reddy, Naveen A., Steidel, Charles C., Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L., Shapley, Alice E., Erb, Dawn K., ...
We use a sample of rest-frame UV selected and spectroscopically observed galaxies at redshifts 1.9
Morphologies of Galaxies in and around a Protocluster at z=2.300 (2007)
Peter, Annika H. G., Shapley, Alice E., Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Reddy, Naveen A., ...
We present results from the first robust investigation of galaxy morphology as a function of environment at z>1.5. Our study is motivated by the fact that star-forming galaxies contained within a...
The host galaxies of strong CaII QSO absorption systems at z (2007)
Zych, Berkeley J., Murphy, Michael T., Pettini, Max, Hewett, Paul C., Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Ellison, Sara L.
We present new imaging and spectroscopic observations of the fields of five QSOs with very strong intervening CaII absorption systems at redshifts z
The physical nature of rest-UV galaxy morphology during the peak epoch of galaxy formation (2007)
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Pettini, Max, Reddy, Naveen A., Shapley, Alice E., ...
Motivated by the irregular and little-understood morphologies of z similar to 2-3 galaxies, we use nonparametric coefficients to quantify the morphologies of 216 galaxies that have been...
The host galaxies of strong CaII quasar absorption systems at z < 0.5 (2007)
Zych, Berkeley J., Murphy, Michael T., Pettini, Max, Hewett, Paul C., Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Ellison, Sara L.
We present new imaging and spectroscopic observations of the fields of five quasars with very strong intervening Ca II absorption systems at redshifts z(abs) < 0.5 selected from the Sloan Digital Sky...
The host galaxies of strong CaII quasar absorption systems at z < 0.5 (2007)
Zych, Berkeley J., Murphy, Michael T., Pettini, Max, Hewett, Paul C., Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Ellison, Sara L.
We present new imaging and spectroscopic observations of the fields of five quasars with very strong intervening Ca II absorption systems at redshifts z(abs) < 0.5 selected from the Sloan Digital Sky...
The host galaxies of strong CaII quasar absorption systems at z < 0.5 (2007)
Zych, Berkeley J., Murphy, Michael T., Pettini, Max, Hewett, Paul C., Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Ellison, Sara L.
We present new imaging and spectroscopic observations of the fields of five quasars with very strong intervening Ca II absorption systems at redshifts z(abs) < 0.5 selected from the Sloan Digital Sky...
The host galaxies of strong CaII quasar absorption systems at z < 0.5 (2007)
Zych, Berkeley J., Murphy, Michael T., Pettini, Max, Hewett, Paul C., Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Ellison, Sara L.
We present new imaging and spectroscopic observations of the fields of five quasars with very strong intervening Ca II absorption systems at redshifts z(abs) < 0.5 selected from the Sloan Digital Sky...
The host galaxies of strong CaII quasar absorption systems at z < 0.5 (2007)
Zych, Berkeley J., Murphy, Michael T., Pettini, Max, Hewett, Paul C., Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Ellison, Sara L.
We present new imaging and spectroscopic observations of the fields of five quasars with very strong intervening Ca II absorption systems at redshifts z(abs) < 0.5 selected from the Sloan Digital Sky...
The star formation rate of CaII and damped Lyman-alpha absorbers at 0.4 (2006)
Wild, Vivienne, Hewett, Paul, Pettini, Max
[abridged] Using stacked Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectra, we present the detection of [OII]3727,3730 nebular emission from galaxies hosting CaII and MgII absorption line systems. Both samples of...
The Physical Nature of Rest-UV Galaxy Morphology During the Peak Epoch of Galaxy Formation (2006)
Law, David R., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Pettini, Max, Reddy, Naveen A., Shapley, Alice E., ...
Motivated by the irregular and little-understood morphologies of z ~ 2 - 3 galaxies, we use non-parametric coefficents to quantify the morphologies of 216 galaxies which have been spectroscopically...
A Spectroscopic Survey of Redshift 1.4 (2006)
Reddy, Naveen A., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max
We present the results of a spectroscopic survey with the Keck I telescope of more than 280 star-forming galaxies and AGN at redshifts 1.41.4 sample are undetected in the deep X-ray data but exhibit...
On the incidence of strong MgII absorbers along gamma-ray burst sight lines (2006)
Prochter, Gabriel E., Prochaska, Jason X., Chen, Hsiao-Wen, Bloom, Joshua S., Dessauges-Zavadsky, Miroslava, Foley, Ryan J., ...
We report on a survey for strong ( rest equivalent width W-r >= 1 angstrom) intervening Mg II systems along the sight lines to long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The GRB spectra that comprise the...
CaII and DLA absorption line systems: dust, metals and star formation at 0.4 (2006)
Wild, Vivienne, Hewett, Paul, Pettini, Max
Absorption line studies of galaxies along the line-of-sight to distant quasars allow a direct observational link between the properties of the extended gaseous disk/halo and of the star forming...
Intergalactic CIV absorption at redshifts 5.4 to 6 (2006)
Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Pettini, Max, Madau, Piero
We report the discovery of a strong CIV 1548,1550 absorption system at z_abs = 5.7238 in the near-infrared spectrum (J-band) of the z_em = 6.28 QSO SDSS J1030+0524. These observations, obtained with...
The Direct Detection of Lyman-Continuum Emission from Star-forming Galaxies at z~3 (2006)
Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C., Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L., Erb, Dawn K.
We present the results of rest-frame ultraviolet spectroscopic observations of a sample of 14 z~3 star-forming galaxies in the SSA22a field. These spectra are characterized by unprecedented depth in...
Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max, Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L.
Using H-alpha spectra of 114 rest-frame UV-selected galaxies at z~2, we compare inferred star formation rates (SFRs) with those determined from the UV continuum luminosity. After correcting for...
The Stellar, Gas and Dynamical Masses of Star-Forming Galaxies at z~2 (2006)
Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max, Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L.
We present analysis of the near-infrared spectra of 114 rest-frame UV-selected star-forming galaxies at z~2. By combining the H-alpha spectra with photometric measurements from observed 0.3--8...
Chemical Elements at High and Low Redshifts (2006)
The past few years have seen a steady progress in the determination of element abundances at high redshifts, with new and more accurate measures of metallicities in star-forming galaxies, in QSO...
Reddy, Naveen A., Steidel, Charles C., Fadda, Dario, Yan, Lin, Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., ...
Using very deep Spitzer/MIPS 24 micron observations, we present an analysis of the bolometric luminosities (L[bol]) and UV extinction properties of more than 200 spectroscopically identified,...
The Mass-Metallicity Relation at z~2 (2006)
Erb, Dawn K., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L.
We use a sample of 87 rest-frame UV-selected star-forming galaxies with mean spectroscopic redshift z=2.26 to study the correlation between metallicity and stellar mass at high redshift. Using...
Deuterium at High Redshifts: Recent Advances and Open Issues (2006)
Among the light elements created in the Big Bang, deuterium is one of the most difficult to detect but is also the one whose abundance depends most sensitively on the density of baryons. Thus,...
Intergalactic C IV absorption at redshifts 5.4 to 6 (2006)
Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Pettini, Max, Madau, Piero
We report the discovery of a strong CIV λλ1548, 1550 absorption system at zabs = 5.7238 in the near-infrared spectrum (J-band) of the zem = 6.28 QSO SDSS J1030+0524. These observations,...
Intergalactic C IV absorption at redshifts 5.4 to 6 (2006)
Ryan-Weber, Emma V., Pettini, Max, Madau, Piero
We report the discovery of a strong CIV λλ1548, 1550 absorption system at zabs = 5.7238 in the near-infrared spectrum (J-band) of the zem = 6.28 QSO SDSS J1030+0524. These observations,...
Wild, Vivienne, Hewett, Paul, Pettini, Max
We use the average E(B-V) and ZnII column densities of a sample of z~1 CaII (3935, 3970) absorption line systems selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS DR4) to show that on average, with...
Bowen, David V., Jenkins, Edward B., Pettini, Max, Tripp, Todd M.
We have used the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) aboard HST to measure a sulfur abundance of [S/H] = -0.41 +/-0.06 in the interstellar medium (ISM) of the nearby damped Lyman-alpha (DLA)...
Reddy, Naveen A., Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Adelberger, Kurt L., Pettini, Max
Using the extensive multi-wavelength data in the GOODS-North field, we construct and draw comparisons between samples of optical and near-IR selected star-forming and passively evolving galaxies at...
Zn and Cr abundances in damped Lyman alpha systems from the CORALS survey (2005)
Akerman, Chris J., Ellison, Sara L., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C.
We present metal abundances in 15 damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) from the Complete Optical and Radio Absorption Line System (CORALS) survey, designed to be free from any biasing effects due to...
Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C., Erb, Dawn K., Reddy, Naveen A., Adelberger, Kurt L., Pettini, Max, ...
We present the broad-band UV through mid-infrared spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of a sample of 72 spectroscopically-confirmed star-forming galaxies at z=2.30+/-0.3. Located in a 72...
Steidel, Charles C., Adelberger, Kurt L., Shapley, Alice E., Erb, Dawn K., Reddy, Naveen A., Pettini, Max
We have discovered a highly significant over-density of galaxies at z=2.300+/-0.015 in the course of a redshift survey designed to select star-forming galaxies in the redshift range z=2.3+/-0.4 in...
Strong Spatial Clustering of UV-selected Galaxies with Magnitude Ks (2005)
Adelberger, Kurt L., Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Reddy, Naveen A., Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E.
We obtained deep 8.5'x8.5' near-infrared images within four high-redshift survey fields, measured the Ks magnitudes of 300 optically selected galaxies with spectroscopic redshift 1.8
Rix, Samantha A., Pettini, Max, Leitherer, Claus, Bresolin, Fabio, Kudritzki, Rolf-Peter, Steidel, Charles C.
The chemical composition of high redshift galaxies is an important property which gives clues to their past history and future evolution and yet is difficult to measure with current techniques. In...
Ellison, Sara L., Churchill, Chris W., Rix, Samantha A., Pettini, Max
The goal of the Complete Optical and Radio Absorption Line System (CORALS) survey is to quantify the potential impact on QSO absorber statistics from dust in intervening galaxies. Dust may introduce...
The Kinematics of Morphologically Selected z~2 Galaxies in the GOODS-N Field (2004)
Erb, Dawn K., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L.
We present near-IR spectra of H-alpha emission from 13 galaxies at z~2 in the GOODS-N field. The galaxies were selected primarily because they appear to have elongated morphologies, and slits were...
Have we detected one of the sources responsible for an early reionisation of the Universe? (2004)
Ricotti, Massimo, Haehnelt, Martin G., Pettini, Max, Rees, Martin J.
In a recent paper Pell'o et al. have reported a candidate z=10 galaxy, A1835#1916, which was found in a near-infrared survey of the central regions of the gravitational lensing cluster A1835. If this...
Optical Selection of Galaxies at Redshifts 1 (2004)
Adelberger, Kurt L., Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Hunt, Matthew P., Erb, Dawn K., Reddy, Naveen A., ...
Few galaxies have been found between the redshift ranges z < ~1 probed by magnitude-limited surveys and z > ~3 probed by Lyman-break surveys. Comparison of galaxy samples at lower and higher redshift...
[O III]/[N II] as an Abundance Indicator at High Redshift (2004)
Pettini, Max, Pagel, Bernard E J
Among `empirical' methods of estimating oxygen abundances in extragalactic HII regions, the use of the ratio of nebular lines of [O III] and [N II], first introduced by Alloin et al. in 1979, is...
The evolution of the C/O ratio in metal-poor halo stars (2003)
Akerman, Chris J., Carigi, Leticia, Nissen, Poul E., Pettini, Max, Asplund, Martin
We report new measurements of carbon and oxygen abundances in 34 F and G dwarf and subgiant stars belonging to the halo population and spanning a range of metallicity from [Fe/H] = -0.7 to -3.2 . The...
Ellison, Sara L., Ibata, Rodrigo, Pettini, Max, Lewis, Geraint F., Aracil, Bastien, Petitjean, Patrick, ...
We have obtained spatially resolved spectra of the z=3.911 triply imaged QSO APM08279+5255 using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We study...
The HII Regions of the Damped Lyman alpha Absorber SBS 1543+593 (2003)
Schulte-Ladbeck, Regina E., Rao, Sandhya M., Drozdovsky, Igor O., Turnshek, David A., Nestor, Daniel B., Pettini, Max
We report new imaging and spectroscopic observations of the damped Ly alpha (DLA) galaxy SBS 1543+593, a nearby dwarf galaxy whose stellar disk is intersected by the sightline to the bright...
The Structure of High Redshift Galactic Halos (2003)
Ellison, Sara L., Ibata, Rodrigo, Pettini, Max, Lewis, Geraint F., Aracil, Bastien, Petitjean, Patrick, ...
Observations of multiple or lensed QSOs at high redshift can be used to probe transverse structure in intervening absorption systems. Here we present results obtained from STIS spectroscopy of the...
The C IV Mass Density of the Universe at Redshift 5 (2003)
Pettini, Max, Madau, Piero, Bolte, Michael, Prochaska, Jason X., Ellison, Sara L., Fan, Xiaohui
In order to search for metals in the Lyman alpha forest at redshifts z > 4, we have obtained spectra of high S/N and resolution of three QSOs at z > 5.4 discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey....
Ellison, Sara L., Pettini, Max, Churchill, Chris W., Hook, Isobel M., Lopez, Sebastian, Rix, Samantha A., ...
We present a brief overview of the ongoing Complete Optical and Radio Absorption Line System (CORALS) survey. We review the results of our survey for z>2.2 damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) and...
H-alpha Spectroscopy of Galaxies at z>2: Kinematics and Star Formation (2003)
Erb, Dawn K., Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C., Pettini, Max, Adelberger, Kurt L., Hunt, Matthew P., ...
We present near-infrared spectroscopy of H-alpha emission lines in a sample of 16 star-forming galaxies at redshifts 2.0
Element Abundances through the Cosmic Ages (2003)
The horizon for studies of element abundances has expanded dramatically in the last ten years. Once the domain of astronomers concerned chiefly with stars and nearby galaxies, this field has now...
We use the rotating stellar models described in the paper by A. Maeder & G. Meynet in this volume to consider the effects of rotation on the evolution of the most massive stars into and during the...
Boissier, Samuel, Peroux, Celine, Pettini, Max
We present a comparison between the observed properties of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) and the predictions of simple models for the evolution of present day disk galaxies, including both low...
Lyman-alpha absorption around nearby galaxies (2002)
Bowen, David V., Pettini, Max, Blades, J. Chris
We have used STIS aboard HST to search for Lyman-alpha (Lya) absorption lines in the outer regions of eight nearby galaxies using background QSOs and AGN as probes. Lya lines are detected within a...
The Abundances of Nitrogen and Oxygen in Damped Lyman Alpha Systems (2002)
Pettini, Max, Ellison, Sara L., Bergeron, Jacqueline, Petitjean, Patrick
We take a fresh look at the abundance of nitrogen in DLAs with oxygen abundances between 1/10 and 1/100 of solar. This is a metallicity regime poorly sampled in the local universe and where QSO...
Lewis, Geraint F., Ibata, Rodrigo A., Ellison, Sara L., Aracil, Bastien, Petitjean, Patrick, Pettini, Max, ...
While gravitationally lensed quasars are expected to display an odd number of images, invariably systems are observed with an even number of quasars. For this, lensing galaxies must have very small...
Physical Conditions in Lyman Break Galaxies Derived From Rest-Frame UV Spectra (2001)
Shapley, A. E., Steidel, C. C., Adelberger, K. L., Pettini, Max
We present the results of detailed studies of the astrophysical conditions in z~3 Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs), placing particular emphasis on what is learned from LBG rest frame UV spectra. By...
Ellison, Sara L., Yan, Lin, Hook, Isobel M., Pettini, Max, Wall, Jasper V., Shaver, Peter
We present a list of z_abs ~ z_em (Delta v < 3000 km/s) DLAs discovered during the CORALS survey for absorbers in a radio-selected QSO sample. On the assumption that z_abs ~ z_em DLAs are neither...
New Observations of the Interstellar Medium in the Lyman Break Galaxy MS 1512-cB58 (2001)
Pettini, Max, Rix, Samantha A., Steidel, Charles C., Adelberger, Kurt L., Hunt, Matthew P., Shapley, Alice E.
We present the results of a detailed study of the interstellar medium of MS 1512-cB58, an L* Lyman break galaxy at z = 2.7276, based on new spectral observations obtained with the Echelle...
Ellison, Sara L., Yan, Lin, Hook, Isobel M., Pettini, Max, Wall, Jasper V., Shaver, Peter
(Abridged) We present the first results from the Complete Optical and Radio Absorption Line System (CORALS) survey. We have compiled a homogeneous sample of radio-selected QSOs from the Parkes...
HST STIS Observations of PG 0946+301: the Highest Quality UV Spectrum of a BALQSO (2001)
Arav, Nahum, De Kool, Martijn, Korista, Kirk T., Crenshaw, D. Michael, Van Breugel, Wil, Brotherton, Michael, ...
We describe deep (40 orbits) HST/STIS observations of the BALQSO PG 0946+301 and make them available to the community. These observations are the major part of a multi-wavelength campaign on this...
Ellison, Sara L., Yan, Lin, Hook, Isobel M., Pettini, Max, Wall, Jasper V., Shaver, Peter
We present the first results from the Complete Optical and Radio Absorption Line System (CORALS) survey for Damped Lyman Alpha (DLA) systems based on a radio-selected sample of quasars. We find that...
The Detection of Lyman-alpha Absorption from Nine Nearby Galaxies (2001)
Bowen, David V., Pettini, Max, Blades, J. Chris
We have used STIS aboard HST to search for Lyman-alpha (Lya) absorption in the outer regions of nine nearby (cz
From the analysis of the near-UV spectrum of the QSO 2206-199, obtained with a long series of exposures with STIS on the HST, we deduce a value (D/H) = (1.65 +/- 0.35) x 10(-5) (1 sigma error) for...
Pettini, Max, Shapley, Alice E., Steidel, Charles C., Cuby, Jean-Gabriel, Dickinson, Mark, Moorwood, Alan F. M., ...
We present the first results of a spectroscopic survey of Lyman break galaxies in the near-infrared aimed at detecting the emission lines of [O II], [O III], and Hbeta from the H II regions of star...
Deep Observations of Lyman Break Galaxies (2001)
Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Adelberger, Kurt L., Moorwood, Alan F. M., Cuby, Jean-Gabriel, ...
We summarise the main results of recent work on the Lyman break galaxy population which takes advantage of newly commissioned instrumentation on the VLT and Keck telescopes to push the detection of...
Ultraviolet Line Spectra of Metal-Poor Star-Forming Galaxies (2000)
Leitherer, Claus, Leao, Joao, Heckman, Tim, Lennon, Daniel, Pettini, Max, Robert, Carmelle
We present synthetic ultraviolet spectra of metal-poor star-forming galaxies which were calculated with the Starburst99 package. A new spectral library was generated from HST observations of O stars...
Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectroscopy of Damped Lyman-alpha Systems (2000)
Bunker, Andrew, Ferguson, Annette, Johnson, Rachel, McMahon, Richard, Parry, Ian, Pettini, Max, ...
We assess the feasibility of detecting star formation in damped Lyman-alpha systems (DLAs) at z>1 through near-infrared spectroscopy using the forthcoming integral field units on 8m-class telescopes....
Ellison, Sara L., Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E.
We present the results of a series of imaging and spectroscopic observations aimed at identifying and studying the galaxy responsible for the z = 3.38639 damped lya system in the z = 3.61 QSO...
Where are the absorbers towards Q2302+029? (2000)
Bowen, David V., Jimenez, Raul, Jenkins, Edward B., Pettini, Max
We present images and spectroscopy of objects close to the sightline of Q2302+029 in order to search for galaxies responsible for the remarkable z=0.7 high-ionization absorption line system found by...
Ellison, Sara L., Songaila, Antoinette, Schaye, Joop, Pettini, Max
We have obtained an exceptionally high S/N, high resolution spectrum of the gravitationally lensed quasar Q1422+231 in order to investigate the metal enrichment of the IGM. A column density...
Mixing Metals in the Early Universe (2000)
Ferrara, Andrea, Pettini, Max, Shchekinov, Yuri
We investigate the evolution of the metallicity of the intergalactic medium (IGM) with particular emphasis on its spatial distribution. We propose that metal enrichment occurs as a two step process....
Mining for Metals in the Lyman Alpha Forest (2000)
Ellison, Sara L., Songaila, Antoinette, Schaye, Joop, Pettini, Max
In order to ascertain the extent of metal enrichment in the Ly alpha forest, we have analysed a very high S/N spectrum of the z = 3.625 QSO Q1422+231. We find that in high column density Ly alpha...
The First Galaxies: Clues from Element Abundances (2000)
It has recently become possible to measure directly the abundances of several chemical elements in a variety of environments at redshifts up to z = 5. In this review I summarise the latest...
Phillips, John, Weinberg, David H., Croft, Rupert A. C., Hernquist, Lars, Katz, Neal, Pettini, Max
We combine COBE-DMR measurements of cosmic microwave background anisotropy with a recent measurement of the mass power spectrum at redshift z=2.5 from Lya forest data to derive constraints on...
Si and Mn Abundances in Damped Lya Systems with Low Dust Content (1999)
Pettini, Max, Ellison, Sara, Steidel, Charles C., Shapley, Alice E., Bowen, David V.
We have measured the abundances of Zn, Si, Mn, Cr, Fe, and Ni in three damped Lyman alpha systems at redshifts z < 1 from high resolution echelle spectra of QSOs recorded with the Keck I telescope....
A search for the submillimetre counterparts to Lyman break galaxies (1999)
Chapman, Scott C., Scott, Douglas, Steidel, Charles C., Borys, Colin, Halpern, Mark, Morris, Simon L., ...
We have carried out targetted sub-mm observations as part of a programme to explore the connection between the rest-frame UV and far-IR properties of star-forming galaxies at high redshift, which is...
The Ultraviolet Spectrum of MS 1512-cB58: An Insight into Lyman Break Galaxies (1999)
Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Adelberger, Kurt L., Dickinson, Mark, Giavalisco, Mauro
We present an intermediate resolution, high S/N spectrum of the z = 2.7268 galaxy MS 1512-cB58, obtained with LRIS on the Keck I telescope and covering the rest frame far-UV from 1150 to 1930 A....
KECK HIRES Spectroscopy of APM 08279+5255 (1999)
Ellison, Sara L., Lewis, Geraint F., Pettini, Max, Sargent, Wallace L. W., Chaffee, Frederic H., Foltz, Craig B., ...
With an optical R-band magnitude of 15.2, the recently discovered z=3.911 BAL quasar APM 08279+5255 is an exceptionally bright high redshift source. Its brightness has allowed us to acquire a high...
Metal Abundances in the Lyman Alpha Forest (1999)
Ellison, Sara L., Lewis, Geraint F., Pettini, Max, Sargent, Wallace L. W., Chaffe, Frederic H., Irwin, Mike J.
We present high S/N echelle spectra of the recently discovered ultraluminous QSO APM 08279+5255 and use these data to re-examine the abundance of Carbon in Ly alpha forest clouds. In agreement with...
Element Abundances at High Redshifts (1999)
I review measurements of element abundances in different components of the high redshift universe, including the Lyman alpha forest, damped Lyman alpha systems, and Lyman break galaxies. Although...
Cosmology with the Lyman-alpha Forest (1998)
Weinberg, David H., Burles, Scott, Croft, Rupert A. C., Dave', Romeel, Gomez, Gilberto, Hernquist, Lars, ...
We outline the physical picture of the high-redshift Ly-alpha forest that has emerged from cosmological simulations, describe statistical characteristics of the forest that can be used to test...
Croft, Rupert A. C., Weinberg, David H., Pettini, Max, Hernquist, Lars, Katz, Neal
We measure the linear power spectrum of mass density fluctuations at redshift z=2.5 from the \lya forest absorption in a sample of 19 QSO spectra, using the method introduced by Croft et al. (1998)....
Pettini, Max, Ellison, Sara L., Steidel, Charles C., Bowen, David V.
We explore the redshift evolution of the metal content of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) with new observations of four absorbers at z < 1.5 . The main conclusion is that the column...
Infared Observations of Nebular Emission Lines from Galaxies at z = 3 (1998)
Pettini, Max, Kellogg, Melinda, Steidel, Charles C., Dickinson, Mark, Adelberger, Kurt L., Giavalisco, Mauro
We present the first results from a program of near-infrared spectroscopy aimed at studying the familiar rest-frame optical emission lines from the H II regions of Lyman break galaxies at z = 3. By...
The Angular Clustering of Lyman-Break Galaxies at Redshift z=3 (1998)
Giavalisco, Mauro, Steidel, Charles C., Adelberger, Kurt L., Dickinson, Mark E., Pettini, Max, Kellogg, Melinda
We have measured the angular correlation function w(theta) for a sample of 871 Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) at z=3. Fitting a power-law to a weighted average of w(theta) from 5 fields, we find the...
Estimating the mass density of neutral gas at $z < 1$ (1997)
Natarajan, Priyamvada, Pettini, Max
We use the relationships between galactic HI mass and B-band luminosity determined by Rao & Briggs to recalculate the mass density of neutral gas at the present epoch based on more recent measures of...
The Discovery of Primeval Galaxies and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation (1997)
Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Adelberger, Kurt L., Kellogg, . Melinda, Dickinson, Mark, Giavalisco, Mauro
We review the steps which have led to the discovery of a widespread population of objects at z = 3 with many of the characteristics which we expect for primeval galaxies, and emphasize in particular...
Lyman alpha absorption in the nearby universe: the sightline to Q1821+643 (1997)
Bowen, David V., Pettini, Max, Boyle, Brian
We present the first results of a survey designed to understand the origin of the Lyman alpha-forest absorption systems at low redshift. Using the WYFFOS and HYDRA multi-fibre spectrographs on the...
The Spectra of Star Forming Galaxies at High Redshift (1997)
Pettini, Max, Steidel, Charles C., Dickinson, Mark, Kellogg, Melinda, Giavalisco, Mauro, Adelberger, Kurt L.
We review the spectral properties of the population of star forming galaxies at z = 3 discovered using a colour selection technique which targets the Lyman discontinuity at 912 Angstroms. The UV...
Zinc and Chromium Abundances in a Third Damped Lyman alpha System at Intermediate Redshift (1997)
We have determined the metallicity of the $z_{abs} = 1.0093$ damped Lyman alpha system in the bright QSO EX 0302-223; this is only the third such measurement at redshifts $z \simlt 1$. Unlike the...
Pettini, Max, Smith, Linda J., King, David L., Hunstead, Richard W.
We report new observations of ZnII and CrII absorption lines in 10 damped \lya systems (DLAs), mostly at redshift $z_{abs} \simgt 2.5$ . By combining these results with those from our earlier survey...
Complex Mg II absorption in the outer disk of M61 (1996)
Bowen, David V., Blades, J. Chris, Pettini, Max
The increasing availability of high quality spectra of QSO absorption line systems at resolutions of only a few km/s is expected to facilitate the translation of the kinematics of components...
Dust in High Redshift Galaxies (1996)
Pettini, Max, King, David L, Smith, Linda J, Hunstead, Richard W
Measurements of Zn and Cr abundances in damped Lyman alpha systems at absorption redshifts between 0.692 and 3.390 show that metals and dust are much less abundant in high redshift galaxies than in...
On the Oxygen Abundance of Neutral Gas in I Zw 18 (1995)
Whether the H II regions of dwarf emission-line galaxies are self-polluted by the nucleosynthetic products of massive stars remains an open question, despite recent claims to the contrary. We show...
Lyman alpha Emission from High-Redshift Galaxies (1995)
Pettini, Max, Hunstead, Richard W., King, David L., Smith, Linda J.
We summarise the results of a deep search for Lyman alpha emission from star-forming regions associated with damped Lyman alpha absorption systems and conclude that the Lyman alpha luminosity of high...
Element Abundances at High Redshifts: The N/O Ratio in a Primeval Galaxy (1995)
Pettini, Max, Lipman, Keith, Hunstead, Richard W.
The damped Lyman alpha systems seen in the spectra of high redshift QSOs offer the means to determine element abundances in galaxies observed while still at an early stage of evolution. Such...
Interstellar Titanium in the Galactic Halo (1994)
We present observations of Ti~II~$\lambda 3384$ absorption towards 15 distant stars in the Galactic halo and the Magellanic Clouds. These new data extend existing surveys of the distribution of...