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Studies of damped Lyman-alpha absorption systems in quasar spectra are yielding very interesting results regarding the chemical evolution of these galaxies. We present some preliminary results from such a program.

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Limin Lu , Wallace L. W. Sargent , Thomas A. Barlow

The results of a new spectroscopic survey of 66 $z \simgt 4$ quasars for Damped Lyman-alpha absorption systems are presented. The search led to the discovery of 30 new DLA candidates which are analysed in order to compute the comoving mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Celine Peroux , Mike J. Irwin , Richard G. McMahon , Lisa J. Storrie-Lombardi

Utilizing a new, high mass resolution hydrodynamic simulation we compute the metallicity evolution of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) and find a reasonable agreement with observations. In particular, the observed slow evolution of the DLA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Renyue Cen , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Jason X. Prochaska , Arthur M. Wolfe

Using adaptive mesh-refinement cosmological hydrodynamic simulations with a physically motivated supernova feedback prescription we show that the standard cold dark matter model can account for extant observed properties of damped Lyman…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Renyue Cen

In this paper, we investigate the star formation and chemical evolution of damped Lyman-$\alpha$ systems (DLAs) based on the disc galaxy formation model which is developed by Mo, Mao & White. We propose that the DLAs are the central…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 J. Ma , C. G. Shu

We have collected data for 69 Damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) systems, to investigate the chemical evolution of galaxies in the redshift interval 0.0 < z < 4.4. In doing that, we have adopted the most general approach used so far to correct for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Savaglio , N. Panagia , M. Stiavelli

In order to characterize Damped Lyman Alpha systems (DLAs) potentially hosting first stars, we present a novel approach to investigate DLAs in the context of Milky Way (MW) formation, along with their connection with the most metal-poor…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Stefania Salvadori , Andrea Ferrara

We present a comparison between the observed properties of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) and the predictions of simple models for the evolution of present day disk galaxies, including both low and high surface brightness galaxies. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Samuel Boissier , Celine Peroux , Max Pettini

We investigate some basic properties of Damped Lyman alpha systems based on the Semi-Analytical model of disk galaxy formation theory. We derive the DLA metallicity, column density, number density, gas content and cosmic star formation rate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 J. L. Hou , C. G. Shu , W. P. Chen , R. X. Chang , C. Q. Fu

The hypothesis that the Damped Ly-alpha systems (DLAs) are large, galactic disks (Milky Way sized) is tested by confronting predictions of models of the formation and evolution of (large) disk galaxies with observations, in particular the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jesper Sommer-Larsen

Using our sample of the most metal-rich damped Lyman $\alpha$ systems (DLAs) at z$\sim2$, and two literature compilations of chemical abundances in 341 DLAs and 2818 stars, we present an analysis of the chemical composition of DLAs in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-19 Trystyn A. M. Berg , Sara L. Ellison , J. Xavier Prochaska , Kim A. Venn , Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky

We investigate the population of z=3 damped Lyman alpha absorbers (DLAs) in a recent series of high resolution galaxy formation simulations. The simulations are of interest because they form at z=0 some of the most realistic disk galaxies…

We examine the properties of damped Lyman-$\alpha$ absorbers (DLAs) emerging from a single set of cosmological initial conditions in two state-of-the-art cosmological hydrodynamic simulations: {\sc Simba} and {\sc Technicolor Dawn}. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-13 Sultan Hassan , Kristian Finlator , Romeel Davé , Christopher W. Churchill , J. Xavier Prochaska

We have extended our chemical and cosmological galaxy evolution model to calculate the abundance evolution for altogether 16 different elements in spiral galaxies in a chemically consistent way which is a considerable step towards a more…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ulrich Lindner , Uta Fritze -- von Alvensleben , Klaus J. Fricke

Damped Lyman-alpha systems (DLAs) are useful probes of star formation and galaxy formation at high redshift. We study the physical properties of DLAs and their relationship to Lyman-break galaxies using cosmological hydrodynamic simulations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kentaro Nagamine

We explore the redshift evolution of the metal content of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) with new observations of four absorbers at z < 1.5 . The main conclusion is that the column density--weighted mean metallicity, [<Zn/H>] = -1.03 +/-…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Max Pettini , Sara L. Ellison , Charles C. Steidel , David V. Bowen

In this paper we analyze the kinematics, chemistry, and physical properties of a sample of the most metal-poor damped Lyman-alpha systems (DLAs), to uncover their links to modern-day galaxies. We present evidence that the DLA population as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-04 Ryan Cooke , Max Pettini , Regina A. Jorgenson

We have examined some basic properties of damped Ly$\alpha$ systems(DLAs) by semi-analytic model. We assume that DLA hosts are disk galaxies whose mass function is generated by Press-Schechter formulism at redshift 3. Star formation and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. L. Hou , C. G. Shu , S. Y. Shen , R. X. Chang

We carried out a comprehensive analysis of the chemical properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) and the stellar population (SP) of current normal galaxies and their progenitors in a hierarchical clustering scenario. We compared the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. A. Cora , P. B. Tissera , D. G. Lambas , M. B. Mosconil

The local power law relationship between the surface densities of neutral hydrogen gas and star formation rate (SFR) can be used to explore the SFR properties of damped Lyman alpha (DLA) systems at higher redshift. We find that while the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. M. Hopkins , S. M. Rao , D. A. Turnshek