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STScI Preprint #1269
Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.
We present results from an extensive HST spectroscopic search for UV absorption lines in the spectrum of the quasar B2 1028+313, which is associated with the central dominant galaxy in the cluster Abell 1030 (z=0.178). This is one of the brightest known UV continuum sources located in a cluster, and therefore provides an ideal opportunity to obtain stringent constraints on the column densities of any cool absorbing gas that may be associated with the intracluster medium (ICM). Our HST spectra were obtained with the FOS and GHRS, and provide continuous coverage at rest-frame wavelengths from ~ 975 to 4060 Å, thereby allowing the investigation of many different elements and ionization levels. We utilize a new technique that involves simultaneous fitting of large numbers of different transitions for each species, thereby yielding more robust constraints on column densities than can be obtained from a single transition. This method yields upper limits of 1011 - 1013 cm-2 on the column densities of a wide range of molecular, atomic and ionized species that may be associated with the ICM. We also discuss a possible L
and C IV absorption system associated with the quasar. We discuss the implications of the upper limits on cool intracluster gas in the context of the physical properties of the ICM and its relationship to the quasar.
1) Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218
2) Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 3818, Charlottesville, VA 22903-0818;
3) National Radio Astronomy Observatory
4, P.O Box 0, Socorro, NM 87801;
4) National Radio Astronomy Observatory is operated by Associated Universities, Inc., under contract with the National Science Foundation.
5) Department of Astronomy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003;
6) Current address: Department of Physics, Astronomy, Institute for Astrophysics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131