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The UCSD HIRES/KeckI Damped Lya Abundance Database: I. The Data

Jason X. Prochaska, Arthur M. Wolfe, David Tytler, Scott Burles, Jeff Cooke, Eric Gawiser, David Kirkman, John M. O'Meara, Lisa Storrie-Lombardi

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0110350

Abstract

We present new chemical abundance measurements of 16 damped Lya systems at z>1.5 and update our previous abundance analyses. The entire database presented here was derived from HIRES observations on the Keck I telescope, reduced with the same software package, and analysed with identical techniques. Altogether, we present a large, homogeneous database of chemical abundance measurements for protogalaxies in the early universe, ideal for studying a number of important aspects of galaxy formation. In addition, we have established an online directory for this database and will continuously update the results.

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