Abstract Details
| Name: R. Srianand Affiliation: IUCAA Conference ID: ASI2016_836 Title : On the star formation in high-z DLAs Authors and Co-Authors : cc Abstract Type : Invited Abstract Category : Extragalactic astronomy Abstract : High redshift Damped Lyman alpha systems(DLAs) detected in the spectrum of distant QSOs contain most of the HI in the universe. Measuring the in situ star formation associated with these absorbers are very important for understanding the star formation rate density of the universe and its redshift evolution. The in situ star formation can be measure by directly detecting host galaxies of these absorbers or by carefully studying physical conditions in these absorbers. In this presentation I will summarise the results based on both these approaches and summarise our present understanding of high-z DLAs and their implications to galaxy formation in the early universe. |