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Probing the High-Redshift Universe with Quasar Elemental Abundances

Fred Hamann

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9812216

Abstract

The heavy elements near QSOs provide unique measures of the star formation and chemical evolution in young galactic nuclei or pre-galactic condensations. Studies of quasar abundances also naturally address a variety of questions regarding the physics of QSO environments, including the Baldwin Effect emphasized at this meeting. Here I review the status of quasar abundance work.

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