Damped Lyalpha absorbers from dwarf galaxy ejecta

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Nov 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998mnras.301..168n&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 301, Issue 1, pp. 168-174.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galaxies: Formation, Quasars: Absorption Lines

Scientific paper

It is argued that the formation of a dwarf galaxy causes a massive burst of star formation, resulting in the ejection of most of the available gas from the galaxy as a weakly collimated wind. The ejected gas can give rise to a damped Lyalpha absorber (DLA). Weakly collimated outflows naturally explain the asymmetric profiles seen in low-ionization absorption lines caused by heavy elements associated with DLAs, where absorption is strongest at one edge of the absorption feature. The shape of the distribution of column densities in the model agrees reasonably well with observations. In particular, the break in slope is caused by external photoionization of the wind. A semi-analytical model for galaxy formation is used to show that, for currently acceptable cosmological parameters, dwarf galaxy outflows can account for the majority of DLA systems and their distribution with redshift. This model also predicts a correlation between velocity structure and metallicity of DLA systems, in qualitative agreement with observations. DLAs do not require many large, rapidly rotating disc galaxies to have formed early on, as in other models for their origin.

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