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Publications Relating to Quasar Absorption Lines and Related Topic and Similar Topics: Arlin Crotts



Journal Articles:



"QSO metal-line absorbers: The key to large-scale structure?" A.P.S. Crotts, A.L. Melott, D.G. York, J.N. Fry 1985, Phys Let B, 155, 251

"Two-point correlation function of QSO metal absorption systems from an inhomogeneous catalog of observations" A.P.S. Crotts 1985, ApJ, 298, 732 (Erratum: 305, 581)

"Are voids found in the Lyman-alpha forest?" A.P.S. Crotts 1987, MNRAS, 228, 41P

"Topology of large-scale structure in the early universe" A. Crotts 1988, PASP, 100, 1331

"Spatial structure in the Lyman-alpha forest" A.P.S. Crotts 1989, ApJ, 336, 550

"Spectroscopy of quasar candidates found with slitless spectroscopy" E.F. Borra, M. Beauchemin, A.P.S. Crotts, D.C. Morton, D.G. York 1989, AJ, 97, 344

"Spectroscopy of the double quasars Q1343+266A, B: The relationship between galaxies and quasi-stellar object C IV absorption lines" A.P.S. Crotts, J. Bechtold, R.C. Duncan, Y. Fang 1994, ApJ, 437, L79

"Spectroscopy of the double quasars Q1343+266A, B: A new determination of the size of Lyman-alpha forest absorbers" J. Bechtold, A.P.S. Crotts, R.C. Duncan, Y. Fang 1994, ApJ, 437, L83

"A new method for measuring the H I Gunn-Peterson effect at high redshift" Y. Fang, A.P.S. Crotts 1995, ApJ, 440, 69

"Spectroscopy of Quasar Candidates Found With Slitless Spectroscopy.II. Six Northern Fields" E.F. Borra, S. Levesque, M. Beauchemin, D.C. Morton, C. Stoughton, D. vanden Berk, D.G. York, R.F. Green, A.P.S. Crotts 1996, AJ, 111, 1456

"The Size and Nature of Lyman- alpha Forest Clouds Probed by QSO Pairs and Groups" Y. Fang, R.C. Duncan, A.P.S. Crotts, J. Bechtold 1996, ApJ, 462, 77

"The Weakness of C IV Absorber Clustering in Keck HIRES Spectra of Adjacent Quasar Sight Lines" A.P.S. Crotts, S. Burles, D. Tytler 1997, ApJ, L489

"Remeasurement of the H i Gunn-Peterson Effect toward QSO PKS 1937-101 with Keck Observations" Y. Fang; X. Fan, D. Tytler, A.P.S. Crotts 1998, ApJ, 497, 67

"Reobservation of Close QSO Groups: The Size Evolution and Shape of Ly alpha Forest Absorbers" A.P.S. Crotts, Y. Fang 1998, ApJ, 502, 16

"Clustering Properties of Low-Redshift QSO Absorption Systems Toward the Galactic Poles" D. Vanden Berk, J.T. Lauroesch, C. Stoughton, A. Szalay, D.C. Koo, A.P.S. Crotts, J.C. Blades, A.L. Melott, B.J. Boyle, T.J. Broadhurst, D.G. York 1999, ApJS, 122, 355

"QSOS and Absorption-Line Systems surrounding the Hubble Deep Field" D. Vanden Berk, C. Stoughton, A.P.S. Crotts, D. Tytler, D. Kirkman 2000, AJ, 119, 2571

"Metals and Dust in Intermediate-Redshift Damped Lyαalpha Galaxies" P. Khare, V.P. Kulkarni, J.T. Lauroesch, D.G. York, A.P.S. Crotts, O. Nakamura 2004, ApJ, 616, 86

"Average extinction curves and relative abundances for quasi-stellar object absorption-line systems at redshifts 1 to 2" D.G. York, P. Khare, D. Vanden Berk, V.P. Kulkarni, A.P.S. Crotts, et al. 2006, MNRAS, 367, 945

"New abundance determinations in z less than 1.5 QSO absorbers: seven sub-DLAs and one DLA" J.D. Meiring, J.T. Lauroesch, V.P. Kulkarni, C. Péroux, P. Khare, D.G. York, A.P.S. Crotts 2007, MNRAS, 376, 557

"Constraints on the Abundance of Highly Ionized Protocluster Regions from the Absence of Large Voids in the Lyαalpha Forest" C. Cien, A. Crotts, Z. Haiman 2007, ApJ, 671, 136

"The chemical compositions of 10 new sub-DLAs and strong Lyman-limit systems at z less than about 1.5" J.D. Meiring, V.P. Kulkarni, J.T. Lauroesch, C. Péroux, P. Khare, D.G. York, A.P.S. Crotts 2008, MNRAS, 384, 1015

"Average Properties of a Large Sample of zabs ~ zem Associated Mg II Absorption Line Systems" D. Vanden Berk, P. Khare, D.G. York, G.T. Richards, B. Lundgren, Y. Alsayyad, V.P. Kulkarni, M. SubbaRao, D.P. Schneider, T. Heckman, S. Anderson, A.P.S. Crotts, J. Frieman, C. Stoughton, J.T. Lauroesch, P.B. Hall, A. Meiksin, M. Steffing, J. Vanlandingham 2008, ApJ, 679, 239

"Metal absorption systems in spectra of pairs of QSOs: how absorbers cluster around QSOs and other absorbers: D. Tytler, M. Gleed, C. Melis, A. Chapman, D. Kirkman, D. Lubin, P. Paschos, T. Jena, A.P.S. Crotts 2009, MNRAS, 392, 1539

Selected Published Abstracts, Presentations and Circulars:







"Towards Constraints on Dark Energy from Absorption Spectra of Close Quasar Pairs" A. Lidz, L. Hui, A.P.S. Crotts, M. Zaldarriaga 2003, astro.ph/0309204

"Constraints on the abundance of highly ionized proto-cluster regions from the absence of large voids in the lyman alpha forest" C. Cien, A. Crotts, Z. Haiman 2008, 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 13-20 July 2008, Montréal, Canada, p. 2828