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List of works by Patrick Petitjean

A companion to a quasar at redshift z = 4.7

scientific article published in Nature

A ghostly damped Ly α system revealed by metal absorption lines

A glimpse at quasar host galaxy Far-UV emission using damped Ly{alpha}'s as natural coronagraphs

article published in 2014

A glimpse of the early Universe

scientific article published in Nature

A spectroscopic survey of X-ray-selected AGNs in the northern XMM-XXL field

scientific article

A study of low-metallicity DLAs at high redshift and C ii* as a probe of their physical conditions

scholarly article

An investigation of the line of sight towards QSO PKS 0237−233

article by H. Fathivavsari et al published 29 August 2013 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Are long gamma-ray bursts biased tracers of star formation? Clues from the host galaxies of the Swift/BAT6 complete sample of LGRBs I. Stellar mass at z < 1

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Are long gamma-ray bursts biased tracers of star formation? Clues from the host galaxies of the Swift/BAT6 complete sample of bright LGRBs II. Star formation rates and metallicities at z < 1

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Baryon acoustic oscillations from the complete SDSS-III Lyα-quasar cross-correlation function at z = 2.4

scholarly article

Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Lyαforest of BOSS DR11 quasars

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Lyαforest of BOSS quasars

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

CO-dark molecular gas at high redshift: very large H2 content and high pressure in a low-metallicity damped Lyman alpha system

scientific article

CUBES: cassegrain U-band Brazil-ESO spectrograph

article

Characterizing unknown systematics in large scale structure surveys

Constraint on the time variation of the fine-structure constant with the SDSS-III/BOSS DR12 quasar sample

scientific article

Cosmological implications of baryon acoustic oscillation measurements

article

Deceleration of C iv and Si iv Broad Absorption Lines in X-Ray Bright Quasar SDSS-J092345+512710

Deuterium at high redshift

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Discovery of a Perseus-like cloud in the early Universe H I-to-H_2_ transition, carbon monoxide and small dust grains at z_abs_~= 2.53 towards the quasar J0000+0048

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Discovery of a compact gas-rich damped Lyman-αgalaxy atz = 2.2: evidence of a starburst-driven outflow

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Dust-depletion sequences in damped Lyman-αabsorbers

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

ERRATUM: “THE EIGHTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FIRST DATA FROM SDSS-III” (2011, ApJS, 193, 29)

article

Erratum: “The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: Hα and Hβ Reverberation Measurements from First-year Spectroscopy and Photometry” (2017, ApJ, 851, 21)

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

FIRST-2MASS red quasars: transitional objects emerging from the dust

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Fitting methods for baryon acoustic oscillations in the Lyman-α forest fluctuations in BOSS data release 9

Fundamental constants and high-resolution spectroscopy

GRB 021004 host galaxy and environment with X-shooter

HIRES: the high resolution spectrograph for the E-ELT

High-ion absorption in the proximate damped Ly-αsystem toward Q0841+129

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Higher D or Li: probes of physics beyond the standard model

article

Hot Halos around High-Redshift Galaxies

In Search of the Ideal Systems to Constrain the Variation of Fundamental Constants

Large-scale clustering of Lyman α emission intensity from SDSS/BOSS

scientific article

Luminosity function from dedicated SDSS-III and MMT data of quasars in 0.7 <z< 4.0 selected with a new approach

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Lyman continuum leakage in faint star-forming galaxies at redshift z = 3−3.5 probed by gamma-ray bursts

scientific article published in September 2020

MALS–NOT: Identifying Radio-bright Quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey

scholarly article

Measurement of baryon acoustic oscillation correlations at z = 2.3 with SDSS DR12 Lyα-Forests

scientific article

Measurement of baryon acoustic oscillations in the Lyman-α forest fluctuations in BOSS data release 9

Metallicities, dust, and molecular content of a QSO-damped Ly{alpha} system reaching log N(H i) = 22: an analog to GRB-DLAs

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Mg II absorbers along GRB lines of sight

scholarly article published 2009

Molecular gas and dust around a radio-quiet quasar at redshift 4.69

scientific article published in Nature

Molecular hydrogen atzabs=1.973 toward Q 0013−004: dust depletion pattern in damped Lymanαsystems

scientific article

Molecular hydrogen in thezabs = 2.66 damped Lyman-αabsorber towards Q J 0643−5041

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Multi-epoch intra-night optical monitoring of 8 radio-quiet BL Lac candidates

scholarly article

Multi-object spectroscopy with the European ELT: scientific synergies between EAGLE and EVE

Multiphase Plasma in Sub-Damped Lyα Systems: A Hidden Metal Reservoir

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Neutral atomic-carbon quasar absorption-line systems at z > 1.5

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Neutral chlorine and molecular hydrogen at high redshift

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

New reaction rates for improved primordialD/Hcalculation and the cosmic evolution of deuterium

scholarly article

Partial coverage of the broad-line region of Q1232+082 by an intervening H₂-bearing cloud

scholarly article

Partial covering of the emission regions of Q 0528−250 by intervening H₂ clouds

scientific article

Probing the circumgalactic medium at high-redshift using composite BOSS spectra of strong Lyman α forest absorbers

scientific article

Quasar-Lyman α forest cross-correlation from BOSS DR11: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

Rapid-response mode VLT/UVES spectroscopy of GRB 060418 (Corrigendum)

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Rapid-response mode VLT/UVES spectroscopy of super iron-rich gas exposed to GRB 080310

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

SDSS-III: massive spectroscopic surveys of the distant universe, the Milky Way, and extra-solar planetary systems

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Science case and requirements for the MOSAIC concept for a multi-object spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope

Search for cold gas in z > 2 damped Lyα systems: 21-cm and H2 absorption

scientific article

Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Solving the conundrum of intervening strong Mg II absorbers towards gamma-ray bursts and quasars

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Spectral classification and redshift measurement for the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Studying hot gas using the ultraviolet: High ions in galactic halos

Super iron-rich gas towards GRB 080310: SN yields or dust destruction?

THE BOSS Lyα FOREST SAMPLE FROM SDSS DATA RELEASE 9

scientific article

The 13th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-IV Survey Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory

article by Franco D. Albareti et al published 8 December 2017 in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the Second Phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

article

The Mean Metal-line Absorption Spectrum of Damped Lyα Systems in BOSS

scientific article

The SDSS-DR12 large-scale cross-correlation of damped Lyman alpha systems with the Lyman alpha forest

scientific article

The SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: quasar target selection for data release nine

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The SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: the quasar luminosity function from Data Release nine

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The SDSS-IV Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: overview and early data

scientific article (publication date: 4 February 2016)

The SDSS-IV extended baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey: quasar target selection

article

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog: Fourteenth data release

article by Isabelle Pâris et al published May 2018 in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog: Twelfth data release

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: Hα and Hβ Reverberation Measurements from First-year Spectroscopy and Photometry

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: Quasar Host Galaxies at z < 0.8 from Image Decomposition

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping project: technical overview

scientific article

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar catalog: ninth data release

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar catalog: tenth data release

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey reverberation mapping project: first broad-line H{beta} and Mg II lags at z >~ 0.3 from six-month spectroscopy

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey reverberation mapping project: no evidence for evolution in the M{bullet} -{sigma}_*_ relation to z~ 1

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey reverberation mapping project: velocity shifts of quasar emission lines

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The UVES Large Program for testing fundamental physics I. Bounds on a change inαtowards quasar HE 2217−2818

scientific article

The UVES Large Program for testing fundamental physics – III. Constraints on the fine-structure constant from three telescopes

scholarly article

The UVES large program for testing fundamental physics – II. Constraints on a change in μ towards quasar HE 0027−1836

scientific article

The VLT-UVES survey for molecular hydrogen in high-redshift damped Lyman α systems: physical conditions in the neutral gas

scholarly article

The VLT-UVES survey for molecular hydrogen in high-redshift damped Lyman-$\alpha$ systems

The WIRCAM Deep Infrared Cluster Survey

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey of SDSS-III

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the Data Release 9 spectroscopic galaxy sample

article by L. Anderson et al published 21 December 2012 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the Data Releases 10 and 11 Galaxy samples

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The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological analysis of the DR12 galaxy sample

scientific article

The clustering of intermediate-redshift quasars as measured by the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

scientific article

The clustering of the SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey DR14 quasar sample: first measurement of baryon acoustic oscillations between redshift 0.8 and 2.2

scientific article

The clustering of the SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey DR14 quasar sample: measurement of the growth rate of structure from the anisotropic correlation function between redshift 0.8 and 2.2

scholarly article

The cosmic evolution of dust-corrected metallicity in the neutral gas

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The cross-correlation of Mg ii absorption and galaxies in BOSS

scientific article

The density structure around quasars from optical depth statistics

scientific article

The eighth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first data from SDSS-III

scientific article published in 2011

The eleventh and twelfth data releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: final data from SDSS-III

scientific article published in 'The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series' in July 2015

The evolution of the cosmic microwave background temperature

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The impact of star formation and gamma-ray burst rates at high redshift on cosmic chemical evolution and reionization

scientific article

The large-scale cross-correlation of Damped Lyman alpha systems with the Lyman alpha forest: first measurements from BOSS

article by Andreu Font-Ribera et al published 28 November 2012 in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

The large-scale quasar-Lyman α forest cross-correlation from BOSS

The mass-metallicity relation for high-redshift damped Ly$\alpha$ galaxies

The mean HI optical depth of the intergalactic medium

The ninth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-III baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey

scientific article published in November 2012

The one-dimensional Lyαforest power spectrum from BOSS

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The temperature of the Lyman-alpha clouds and the ultraviolet ionizing background at high redshifts

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The tenth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-III apache point observatory galactic evolution experiment

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Time dependence of the proton-to-electron mass ratio

VLT/UVES observations of extremely strong intervening damped Lyman-αsystems

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

X-Ray Insights into the Nature of Quasars with Redshifted Broad Absorption Lines

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal