Cosmochemistry, Cosmology and Fundamental Constants: High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Damped Lyman-Alpha Systems

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2004-12-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0412552v4

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Poster presented at the 22nd Texas Symposium at Stanford, December 14-17 2004, (TSRA04) 3 pages, LaTeX, 3 EPS figures, synchro

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Spectroscopy of QSO absorption lines provides essential observational input for the study of nucleosynthesis and chemical evolution of galaxies at high redshift. But new observations may indicate that present chemical abundance data are biased due to deficient spectral resolution and unknown selection effects: Recent high-resolution spectra reveal the hitherto unperceived chemical nonuniformity of a molecule-bearing damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) system, and the still ongoing H/ESO DLA survey produces convincing evidence for the effect of dust attenuation. We present a revised analysis of the moleculecular hydrogen-bearing DLA complex toward the QSO HE 0515-4414 showing nonuniform differential depletion of chemical elements onto dust grains, and introduce the H/ESO DLA survey and its implications. Conclusively, we aim at starting an unbiased chemical abundance database established on high-resolution spectroscopic observations. New data to probe the temperature-redshift relation predicted by standard cosmology and to test the constancy of fundamental constants will be potential spin-offs.

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