NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2010B-0019
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PI: Brian A. Keeney, Univ. of Colorado, brian.keeney@colorado.edu
Address: CASA, 389 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0389, USA
CoI: John T. Stocke, Univ. of Colorado
CoI: Steven V. Penton, Univ. of Colorado
CoI: James C. Green, Univ. of Colorado
CoI: Blair D. Savage, Univ. of Wisconsin
Title: Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: A Galaxy Redshift Survey around HST/COS Target Sight Lines
Abstract: The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) was installed aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (\hst) in May 2009 and is functioning nominally. The unprecedented far-UV throughput of COS (20-30 times that of STIS at R ~ 18,000) will revolutionize many studies, including the investigation of the local intergalactic medium (IGM). In particular, COS will allow us to refine estimates of the baryon content and metallicity of the IGM, as well as the relationship of IGM absorbers to galaxies. Accordingly, the COS Science Team has allocated ~ 200 \hst orbits of GTO time to map the baryon content of the local ``Cosmic Web'' in gas and galaxies. For the past two years, we have been obtaining HYDRA spectra of all galaxies brighter than g=20 with z_\rm photo < z_\rm AGN that are within 20\arcmin of the 39 AGN targeted by the COS Science Team. This semester, we propose to complete this spectroscopic campaign for our southern hemisphere sight lines.
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