Evolution of metals and dust in the universe

Details Evolution of metals and dust in the universe Evolution of metals and dust in the universe

Jun 2005

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Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, vol. 33, Issue 2, p.219

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Cosmology: Observations, Galaxies: Abundances, Galaxies: Evolution, Quasars: Absorption Lines

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With the aim of determining the evolution of metals and dust in the universe, we have observed 8 Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers (DLAs) with the Multiple Mirror Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope at 0:1 < z < 1:5, including several absorbers discovered in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. These measurements have more than doubled the sample of Zn and Cr measurements at z < 1:5 and added three measurements at z < 0:4, where none existed before. In contradiction with the predictions of most chemical evolution models, our data suggest that the global mean metallicity of DLAs, as measured by the gas phase abundance of Zn, at best evolves weakly with redshift over the range 0:09 < z < 3:9 and does not seem to rise to the solar level even at very low redshifts. The dust content, as determined by [Cr/Zn], does not show much change with redshift.

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