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        Are the kinematics of DLAs in agreement with their arising in the gas disks of galaxies?

        Author
        Zwaan, M.
        Walter, F.
        Ryan-Weber, E.
        Brinks, E.
        de Blok, W.J.G.
        Kennicutt, R.C.
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        2299/2707
        Abstract
        We demonstrate in this paper that the velocity widths of the neutral gas in damped Lyα (DLA) systems are inconsistent with these systems originating in gas disks of galaxies, similar to those seen in the local universe. We examine the gas kinematics of local galaxies using the high-quality H I 21 cm data from the H I Nearby Galaxies Survey and make a comparison with the velocity profiles measured in the low-ionization metal lines observed in DLAs at high redshifts. The median velocity width of z = 0 H I gas above the DLA column density limit of N H I = 2 × 1020 cm–2 is approximately 30 km s–1, whereas the typical value in DLAs is a factor of 2 higher. We argue that the gas kinematics at higher redshifts are increasingly influenced by gas that is not participating in ordered rotation in cold disks, but is more likely associated with tidal gas related to galaxy interactions or processes such as superwinds and outflows. An analysis of the H I in the local interacting starburst galaxy M 82 shows that the velocity widths in this galaxy are indeed similar to what is seen in DLAs.
        Publication date
        2008
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        The Astronomical Journal
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/136/6/2886
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        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/2707
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