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Binary Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Evidence for Excess Clustering on Small Scales

  • Authors: Joseph F. Hennawi, Michael A. Strauss, Masamune Oguri, Naohisa Inada, Gordon T. Richards, Bartosz Pindor, Donald P. Schneider, Robert H. Becker, Michael D. Gregg, Patrick B. Hall, David E. Johnston, Xiaohui Fan, Scott Burles, David J. Schlegel, James E. Gunn, Robert H. Lupton, Neta A. Bahcall, Robert J. Brunner, and Jon Brinkmann

Hennawi et al. 2006 The Astronomical Journal 131 1.

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Caption: Fig. 5.

Keck spectra of two binary quasars. Spectral dissimilarity and the absence of a lensing galaxy in optical and near‐IR follow‐up imaging provide strong evidence that these are both binary quasars rather than gravitational lenses. Top: Keck LRIS moderate‐resolution spectra of both members of the binary quasar SDSS J0048−1051 (﹩z=1.56﹩, ﹩\Delta \theta =3\farcs 6﹩, ﹩R=22.1\ h^{-1}\ \mathrm{kpc}\,﹩). The resolution is 0.63 Å pixel−1 for ﹩\lambda < 5600﹩ Å and 1.86 Å pixel−1 for ﹩\lambda > 5600﹩ Å. The absorption feature at 7600 Å is telluric. Bottom: Keck LRIS low‐resolution (2.55 Å pixel−1) spectra of both members of SDSS J0248+0009 (﹩z=1.64﹩, ﹩\Delta \theta =6\farcs 8﹩, ﹩R=41.9\ h^{-1}\ \mathrm{kpc}\,﹩).

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