A new measurement of zinc metallicity in a DLA at z=3.35

Details A new measurement of zinc metallicity in a DLA at z=3.35 A new measurement of zinc metallicity in a DLA at z=3.35

2002-08-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0208450v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 5 figures. Accepted

Scientific paper

10.1016/S1384-1076(02)00179-3

We present chemical abundance measurements in the z_abs=3.35045 Damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) system observed in the UVES spectrum of the BAL quasar BR 1117-1329. We measure a neutral hydrogen column density N(HI)=6.9+/-1.7*10^{20} atoms/cm2 and derive mean abundances relative to solar: [Si/H] = -1.26+/-0.13, [Fe/H]=-1.51+/-0.13, [Ni/H]=-1.57+/-0.13, [Cr/H]=-1.36+/-0.13, [Zn/H]=-1.18+/-0.13, [Al/H]>-1.25, [O/H]>-1.25 and [N/H]<-2.24. This is the third measurement of Zn, an element mildly depleted onto dust grain, at z_abs>3. The iron to zinc and chromium to zinc ratios, [Fe/Zn]=-0.33+/-0.05 and [Cr/Zn]=-0.18+/-0.05 demonstrate that the absorber has a low dust content. The nitrogen ratio [N/Si]<-0.98 suggests that the ``secondary'' N production process is taking place in this DLA. Finally, this absorber does not seem to present a convincing alpha-enhancement as shown by the alpha over Fe-peak element ratios: [Si/Fe]=0.25+/-0.06, [Si/Cr]=0.10+/-0.06 and [Si/Zn]=-0.08+/-0.06.

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