A new deuterium abundance measurement from a damped Lyα system at zabs=3.025

被引:54
作者
D'Odorico, S
Dessauges-Zavadsky, M
Molaro, P
机构
[1] European So Observ, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[2] Observ Geneva, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
[3] Osservatorio Astron Trieste, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
来源
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | 2001年 / 368卷 / 03期
关键词
cosmology : observations; quasars : QSO 0347-3819; nuclear reactions; nucleosynthesis; abundances;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361:20010183
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present the first D/H measurement in a damped Ly alpha (hereafter DLA) system at z(abs) = 3.025 towards QSO 0347-3819 obtained from the UVES-VLT spectra. The DLA absorber has a metallicity of [Zn/H] approximate to -1.25 and a relatively simple velocity structure, with two dominating components detected in several metal lines. The hydrogen Lyman series can be followed down to Ly12 thanks to the high UV-Blue efficiency of UVES. The best fit of the Lyman series lines, and in particular of Ly epsilon, Ly8, Ly10 and Ly12, relatively free of local contamination, is obtained when the DI absorption is included in the two main components. The measured deuterium column density yields D/H = (2.24 +/-0.67) 10(-5) close to other low D/H values from Lyman limit systems. The corresponding values for the baryon to photon ratio and the baryon density derived from D/H are eta approximate to 6 10(-10) and Omega (b)h(2) = 0.023 respectively.
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