Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-09-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
3 pages; 2 figures; Unlikely to be submitted elsewhere
Scientific paper
We discuss two mistreatments of damped Lya (DLA) kinematic analysis that were first performed by Haehnelt, Steinmetz, & Rauch (1998; hereafter HSR98) and have recently been repeated by Hong et al. (2010; arXiv:1008.4242v1, arXiv:1008.4242v2; hereafter H10). Each mistreatment led to the improper excising of simulated absorption profiles. Specifically, their analyses are strictly biased against DLA sightlines that have low HI column density log NHI < 20.5, very high NHI values, and (for all NHI) sightlines with low velocity width Dv (<30 km/s for HSR98; <[20-30] km/s for H10). None of these biases exist in the observational analysis. We suspect these mistreatments compromise the results that followed. Hopefully this posting will prevent their repetition in the future.
Prochaska Jason Xavier
Wolfe Arthur M.
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