The Evolution of Neutral Gas in the Universe as Traced by Damped Lyman Alpha Systems
Sandhya M. Rao, David A. Turnshek
Abstract
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, ΩDLA, does not evolve from redshifts z ≈ 4 to z ≈ 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.
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