Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-08-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 4 figures, uses newpasp.sty. To appear in ASP Conference Series, "Extragalactic Gas at Low Redshift", J. Mulchaey an
Scientific paper
We discuss our recent results on the statistical properties of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) at low redshift (z<1.65) (Rao & Turnshek 2000). Contrary to expectations, we found that the cosmological neutral gas mass density as traced by DLAs, $\Omega_{DLA}$, does not evolve from redshifts $z \approx 4$ to $z \approx 0.5$ and that extrapolation to z=0 results in a value that is a factor of ~6.5 times higher than what is derived from galaxies at the current epoch using HI 21 cm emission measurements. We review the current status of HI measurements at low redshift and at the current epoch, and discuss possible causes of this discrepancy.
Rao Sandhya M.
Turnshek David A.
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