Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-08-08
Mod.Phys.Lett.A22:2413-2427,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages, 10 figures. Invited brief review for Modern Physics Letters A, in press
Scientific paper
10.1142/S021773230702436X
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 based on the concordance Lambda cold dark matter model. Fundamental statistics such as global neutral hydrogen (HI) mass density, HI column density distribution function, DLA rate-of-incidence and mean halo mass of DLAs are reproduced reasonably well by the simulations, but with some deviations that need to be understood better in the future. We discuss the feedback effects by supernovae and galactic winds on the DLA distribution. We also compute the [C_II] emission from neutral gas in high-z galaxies, and make predictions for the future observations by ALMA and SPICA. Agreement and disagreement between simulations and observations are discussed, as well as the future directions of our DLA research.
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