Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-02-24
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 2 figures to appear in The Hy-Redshift Universe: Galaxy Formation and Evolution at High Redshift Edited by A.J. Bunke
Scientific paper
Previously we have shown that it is possible to account for the kinematic properties of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAS) in the context of semi-analytic models. In these models, hierarchical structure formation is approximated by constructing a merger tree for each dark matter halo. A natural consequence is that every virialized halo may contain not only a central galaxy, but also a number of satellite galaxies as determined by its merging history. Thus the kinematics of the DLAS arise from the combined effects of the internal rotation of gas disks and the motions between gas disks within a common halo. Here we investigate the sensitivity of this model to some of the assumptions made previously, including the modeling of satellite dynamics, the scale height of the gas, and the cosmology.
Maller Ariyeh H.
Primack Joel R.
Prochaska Jason Xavier
Somerville Rachel S.
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