High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Quasars and Quasar Absorption-Line Systems

I provide a summary of the session on "Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasar Absorption Lines," with contributions by J. Wampler, A. Wolfe, W. Sargent, J. Bechtold, M. Pettini, and M. Shull. The topics included new observations of QSO absorption lines by the Keck Telescope HIRES spectrometer and the Hubble Space Telescope. An overview of the major scientific issues in this field is followed by a brief summary of a panel discussion that addressed future instrumental possibilities that could answer some of these questions.