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List of works by Robert F. Carswell

2005+403 - A QSO near the galactic plane

scientific article published in January 1976

3C 68.1 - A very red QSO with an intermediate redshift

A cold component and the complex velocity structure of DLA1331 + 170

scholarly article

A cross-dipersed echelette spectrograph and a study of the spectrum of the QSO 1331+170

scientific article published in January 1975

A high molecular fraction in a subdamped absorber at z = 0.56★

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A high-resolution study of the absorption spectra of the QSOs Q0002-422 and Q0453-423

scientific article published in January 1979

A high-resolution study of the absorption spectrum of PKS 2126-158

A large population of metal-rich, compact, intergalactic C IV absorbers - evidence for poor small-scale metal mixing

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A new measurement of the intergalactic temperature at z ∼ 2.55–2.95

scientific article

A precise deuterium abundance: remeasurement of the z = 3.572 absorption system towards the quasar PKS1937–101

scholarly article

A re-analysis of the spectrum of QSO 2206-199

scientific article published in January 1993

A review of: “Investigating the universe”

scientific article published in 1983

A self-consistent model for the evolution of the gas produced in the debris disc of β Pictoris

scholarly article

A z = 3.045 Ly{alpha} emitting halo hosting a QSO and a possible candidate for AGN-triggered star formation

scientific article

Absorption line QSOs

scholarly article

Absorption lines in the spectra of Quasi-Stellar Objects

scientific article published in January 1981

An improved measurement of the flux distribution of the Ly forest in QSO absorption spectra: the effect of continuum fitting, metal contamination and noise properties

scientific article

CODEX

scholarly article in proceedings of SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Conformation of the highest redshift QSO candidates from the Tololo deep survey

scientific article

Constraining the magnetic field on white dwarf surfaces; Zeeman effects and fine structure constant variation

scholarly article

Constraints on Reionization from the Thermal History of the Intergalactic Medium

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Constraints on voids at high redshifts from Ly-alpha absorbers

scientific article

Cosmological concordance or chemical coincidence? deuterated molecular hydrogen abundances at high redshift

Cosmological evolution of heavy-element andH2abundances

scholarly article

Detailed structure of expanding photoionized Ly-alpha clouds

scientific article published in January 1993

Direct evidence of cold gas in DLA 0812+32B

Discovery of a magnetic DA white dwarf

scientific article published in January 1974

Discovery of polarized line emission in SN 1006

scientific article

Discrete Astronomy

journal article; published in Nature on 1971-8

Distant galaxy observed

scientific article published in Nature

Do some QSO low-ionization absorption systems arise in galactic discs ?

scientific article published in January 1985

Echelle spectrograph observations of the Hubble Deep Field South QSO J2233-606

scholarly article

Echelle spectrometry of the Seyfert galaxies NGC 3783 and Markarian 509

Evidence for structure in the H I column density distribution of QSO absorbers

scientific article published in January 1993

Evidence of bimodal physical properties of intervening, optically thin C III absorbers at z ~ 2.5

scientific article published in January 2016

Evolution of the ionizing background at high redshifts

scientific article

Exploring the thermal state of the low-density intergalactic medium atz = 3 with an ultrahigh signal-to-noise QSO spectrum

scholarly article

Four direct measurements of the fine-structure constant 13 billion years ago

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

From ESPRESSO to CODEX

Galactic Winds in the Intergalactic Medium

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Galactic chemical evolution

scientific article published in Nature

H-alpha emission lines in high-redshift quasars

scientific article published in January 1989

Heavy element abundances in absorption line systems towards Q 2206-199N

scientific article published in January 1986

High Metal Enrichments in Luminous Quasars

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

High resolution CASPEC observations of the z=4.11 QSO 0000-26

scholarly article

High resolution observations of the QSO BR 1202-0725: deuterium and ionic abundances at redshifts above z=4

scientific article

High-precision limit on variation in the fine-structure constant from a single quasar absorption system

scientific article

High-redshift QSO absorbing clouds and the background ionizing source

scientific article published in January 1987

High-resolution spectroscopy of Q 1100-264 again

scientific article published in January 1991

Hundred thousand degree gas in the Virgo cluster of galaxies

scientific article published in January 2012

IDS spectrometry of seven optically-selected high-redshift QSOs

scholarly article

Implications of Lyman continuum observations of quasars

scientific article published in January 1988

Infrared spectroscopy of high-redshift quasars

scientific article

Iron and {alpha}-element production in the first one billion years after the Big Bang

scientific article published in January 2012

Is there deuterium in the z = 3.32 complex in the spectrum of 0014+813

scientific article published in January 1994

Keck telescope constraint on cosmological variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio

scientific article

Large-scale structure in the Lyman-alpha forest: a new technique

scientific article

Large-scale structure in the Lyman-{alpha} forest - II. Analysis of a group of 10 QSOs

scientific article published in January 2000

Limits on heavy element abundances in QSO Ly-alpha absorption systems

scientific article

Lyman-alpha absorption in the spectrum of the z = 4.5 QSO BR 1033-0327

scholarly article

Mapping low-density intergalactic gas: a third helium Ly{alpha} forest

Measuring the fine structure constant on a white dwarf surface; a detailed analysis of Fe V absorption in G191-B2B

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Metals in thez∼ 3 intergalactic medium: results from an ultra-high signal-to-noise ratio UVES quasar spectrum

scientific article

Monthly Notices of the RAS

scholarly article

Multiple components in the z = 0.424 absorption system in the spectrum of the BL Lacertae object PKS 0735+178

scientific article

Multiple-mirror telescope observations of the twin QSOs 0957+561A, B

scientific article published in January 1979

New Hubble space telescope spectra of QSO PG 1718+4807: no evidence for strong deuterium absorption

scientific article

New limit on a varying proton-to-electron mass ratio from high-resolution optical quasar spectra

New limit on a varying proton-to-electron mass ratio from high-resolution optical quasar spectra

scientific article

New limits on selected metal abundances in Ly-alpha absorption systems

scholarly article

New observations of the absorption spectrum of PKS 0237-23 and their implications for the origin of quasar absorption lines

Observations of (OIII) lambda 5007 A and H-beta in the z=2.1 quasar Q1331+170

scientific article published in January 1991

Observations of the Lyman limit in 19 QSOs

scientific article

Observations of the spectra of Q0122-380 and Q1101-264

scientific article published in January 1982

Observations of three QSOs with complex, broad absorption lines

On measuring the deuterium abundance in QSO obsorption systems

scientific article published in January 1991

Optical observations of the radio source 0735+178

scientific article

Outflow of gas in the Seyfert 1 galaxy Markarian 509

Polarization diagnostics for cool core cluster emission lines

scientific article

Possible evidence for an inverted temperature–density relation in the intergalactic medium from the flux distribution of the Lyα forest

scientific article

Probing IGM accretion on to faint Lyα emitters at z ∼ 2.8

scholarly article

Probing the early Universe

scientific article published in Nature

QSO absorption lines, winds, and the high-redshift intergalactic medium

scientific article published in January 2003

QSOs still problematical

journal article; published in Nature on 1975-8

Redshift evolution of the lyman-line-absorbing clouds in quasar spectra

scientific article published in January 1985

Redshift measurements of the brightest cluster galaxies of the gravitational lens 0957+561

scientific article published in January 1992

Redshifts of BL Lac objects

journal article; published in Nature on 1975-2

Size estimates for intervening Civ absorbers from high-resolution spectroscopy of APM 0827+5255

scientific article

Sizes of intervening C IV absorbers from high resolution spectroscopy of APM 0827+5255

scientific article published in January 2004

Small-scale structure at high redshift. III. The clumpiness of the intergalactic medium on subkiloparsec scales

scientific article

Spatial fluctuations in the spectral shape of the ultraviolet background at 2 > z > 3 and the reionization of helium

scientific article

Spatial variation in the fine-structure constant - new results from VLT/UVES

scholarly article

Spectrophotometry of Markarian 3

scientific article

Spectroscopic observations of objects identified with radio sources

Spectroscopy of 26 QSO candidates form the Jodrell Bank 966-MHz survey

scientific article published in January 1984

Spectroscopy of 33 QSO candidates from the Jodrell Bank 966-MHz survey

scientific article published in January 1982

Splitting of absorption lines in 3C 191

scientific article published in January 1975

Stringent Null Constraint on Cosmological Evolution of the Proton-to-Electron Mass Ratio

scientific article published on 19 December 2008

Strong clustering of high-redshift Ly alpha forest absorption systems

scientific article published in January 1996

Temperature fluctuations in the intergalactic medium

scientific article

Testing cosmological variability of the Proton-to-Electron mass ratio using the spectrum of PKS 0528-250

scientific article

The Enrichment History of the Intergalactic Medium: Oviin Lyα Forest Systems at Redshiftz ∼ 2

The Gunn-Peterson effect and the HI column density distribution of Lyman-alpha forest clouds at z = 4

scientific article published in January 1992

The LY-alpha forest at 4.2 <z< 4.5

scientific article published in January 1993

The Lyman forest of 0014+813

scientific article published in January 1992

The Lyman-alpha forest and heavy-element systems of GB1759+7539

scientific article published in January 1999

The Magellan uniform survey of damped Lyman α systems – II. Paucity of strong molecular hydrogen absorption★

scientific article

The UVES Spectral Quasar Absorption Database (SQUAD) data release 1: the first 10 million seconds

scientific article

The Universe at high redshift

scientific article published in Nature

The absorption line profiles in Q 1101-264

The absorption line spectrum of 1331+170

scientific article published in January 1973

The absorption-line spectrum of Q 1246-057

scientific article published in January 1978

The absorption-line spectrum of Q0453-423

The deuterium abundance in the z 0.7 absorber towards QSO PG1718+4807

scientific article published in January 2003

The effect of (strong) discrete absorption systems on the Lyman {alpha} forest flux power spectrum

scientific article published in January 2004

The evolution of HI and CIV quasar absorption line systems at 1.9 < z < 3.2

scientific article published in January 2013

The heavy element abundance in the z=2.076 absorption system towards the QSO 2206-199N

scholarly article

The high-redshift deuterium abundance : the Z=3.086 absorption complex towards Q 0420-388

scientific article published in January 1996

The ionization mechanism of the "liner" galaxies Pictor A and PKS 1718-65

scientific article published in January 1984

The kinetic temperature in a damped Lyman α absorption system in Q2206−199 - an example of the warm neutral medium

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The large programme "cosmic evolution of the IGM"

scientific article published in January 2004

The low-redshift Ly{alpha} forest toward PKS 0405-123

scientific article published in January 2006

The low-redshift Ly{alpha} forest towards 3C 273

scholarly article

The nebulosity associated with 3C 120

scientific article published in January 1980

The physical properties of the Lyα forest at

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The power spectrum of the flux distribution in the Lyman forest of a large sample of UVES QSO absorption spectra (LUQAS)

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The remarkable Seygert galaxy Markarian 231

scientific article published in January 1977

The spectrum of the QSO PHL 957

scientific article published in January 1976

The spectrum of the QSO PHL 957

The spectrum of the quasar B2 1225+31

scholarly article

The starlike nucleus of NGC 6207

scientific article published in January 1974

The systemic redshift of the quasar 1331+170

scientific article published in January 1991

The z_abs_~z_em_~2 QSO absorption line systems: evidence for abundances in excess of solar

scientific article published in January 1994

Triple-ionized carbon associated with the low-density neutral hydrogen gas at 1.7 < z < 3.3: the integrated N H I-N C iv relation

scientific article published in January 2016

Ultraviolet spectrum of dwarf blue galaxy Tololo 1924-416 (z=0.0096)

scientific article published in January 1980

Very High Density Clumps and Outflowing Winds in QSO Broad-Line Regions

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal