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The Contribution of HI-Rich Galaxies to the Damped Lyα Absorber Population at z = 0

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The IGM/Galaxy Connection

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 281))

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We present a study of the expected properties of the low redshift damped Lyα absorber population determined from a sample of HI-selected galaxies in the local universe. Because of a tight correlation between the HI mass and HI cross-section, which spans all galaxy types, we can use our HI-selected sample to predict the properties of the absorption line systems. We find that the dN/dz distribution is dominated by galaxies with HI masses near 109 M⊙. However, because of the large dispersion in the correlation between HI mass and stellar luminosity, we find that the distribution of dN/dz as a function of L J is fairly flat.

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  1. University of Colorado, CASA, Boulder, CO, USA

    Jessica L. Rosenberg

  2. Dept. of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

    Stephen E. Schneider

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  1. Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado, CASA, Boulder, USA

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Rosenberg, J.L., Schneider, S.E. (2003). The Contribution of HI-Rich Galaxies to the Damped Lyα Absorber Population at z = 0. In: Rosenberg, J.L., Putman, M.E. (eds) The IGM/Galaxy Connection. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 281. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0115-1_7

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