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SUMMARY:Gas flows as fuel for star formation in distant galaxies: a spotli
 ght on strong absorption line systems - Michele Fumagalli (Centre for Extr
 agalactic Astronomy\, University of Durham)
DTSTART:20160524T130000Z
DTEND:20160524T140000Z
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CONTACT:Greg Willatt
DESCRIPTION:Absorption line spectroscopy has been an invaluable tool to ma
 p the distribution and chemical composition of gas near galaxies in the hi
 gh-redshift universe.  During the past 50 years\, however\, optically-thic
 k clouds that give rise to Lyman limit systems (LLSs) have received much l
 ess attention than the well-studied damped Lyman-alpha absorbers (DLAs).  
 Thus\, the physical properties of these absorbers and their connection to 
 galaxies still remain for most part elusive.  The growing interest in stud
 ies of the circumgalactic medium is\, however\, putting the spotlight on t
 he link between LLSs and galaxies.  In this talk\, I will present results 
 from ongoing work to constrain the physical properties of LLSs in connecti
 on to halo gas\, and I will discuss ways to exploit these absorbers\, toge
 ther with DLAs\, as tools for the study of gas flows near high-redshift ga
 laxies.\n
LOCATION:Martin Ryle Seminar Room\, Kavli Institute
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