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The XQR-30 Metal Absorber Catalog: 778 Absorption Systems Spanning 2 < z < 6.5

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arxiv 2211.15816 v3 pith:IBM4THHT submitted 2022-11-28 astro-ph.GA

The XQR-30 Metal Absorber Catalog: 778 Absorption Systems Spanning 2 < z < 6.5

Rebecca L. Davies , Emma Ryan-Weber , Valentina D'Odorico , Sarah E. I. Bosman , Romain A. Meyer , George D. Becker , Guido Cupani , Manuela Bischetti
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Alma M. Sebastian Anna-Christina Eilers Emanuele Paola Farina Feige Wang Jinyi Yang Yongda Zhu
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Intervening metal absorption lines in the spectra of z > 6 quasars are fundamental probes of the ionization state and chemical composition of circumgalactic and intergalactic gas near the end of the reionization epoch. Large absorber samples are required to robustly measure typical absorber properties and to refine models of the synthesis, transport, and ionization of metals in the early Universe. The "Ultimate XSHOOTER legacy survey of quasars at z~5.8-6.6" (XQR-30) has obtained high signal-to-noise spectra of 30 luminous quasars, nearly quadrupling the existing sample of 12 high quality z~6 quasar spectra. We use this unprecedented sample to construct a catalog of 778 systems showing absorption in one or more of MgII (360 systems), FeII (184), CII (46), CIV (479), SiIV (127), and NV (13) which span 2 < z < 6.5. This catalog significantly expands on existing samples of z > 5 absorbers, especially for CIV and SiIV which are important probes of the ionizing photon background at high redshift. The sample is 50% (90%) complete for rest-frame equivalent widths W > 0.03AA (0.09AA). We publicly release the absorber catalog along with completeness statistics and a Python script to compute the absorption search path for different ions and redshift ranges. This dataset is a key legacy resource for studies of enriched gas from the era of galaxy assembly to cosmic noon, and paves the way for even higher redshift studies with the James Webb Space Telescope and 30m-class telescopes.

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