2013MNRAS.429.1596P -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 429, 1596-1601 (2013/February-3)
The hi column density distribution function in faint dwarf galaxies.
PATRA N.N., CHENGALUR J.N. and BEGUM A.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present the Hi column density distribution function, f(NHi), as measured from dwarf galaxies observed as part of the Faint Irregular Galaxy Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) Survey (FIGGS). We find that the shape of the dwarf galaxy f(NHi) is significantly different from the f(NHi) for high-redshift damped Lymanα absorbers (DLAs) or the f(NHi) for a representative sample of z = 0 gas-rich galaxies. The dwarf f(NHi) falls much more steeply at high Hi column densities as compared to the other determinations. While ∼ 10 per cent of the cross-section above NHi = 1020.3 atoms cm-2 at z = 0 is provided by dwarf galaxies, the fraction falls to ≲ 1 per cent by NHi ∼ 1021.5 atoms cm-2. In the local universe, the contribution to the high NHi end of the f(NHi) distribution comes predominantly from the inclined discs of large galaxies. Dwarf galaxies, both because of their smaller scalelengths and their larger intrinsic axial ratios, do not produce large Hi column densities even when viewed edge-on. If high-column-density DLAs/Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) hosts correspond to galaxies like the local dwarfs, this would require that either (i) the absorption arises from merging and not isolated systems or (ii) the observed lines of sight are strongly biased towards high-column-density regions.
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