The Chemical Enrichment History of Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies

Abstract

Studies of damped Lyman-alpha absorption systems in quasar spectra are yielding very interesting results regarding the chemical evolution of these galaxies. We present some preliminary results from such a program.

postscript, 4 pages, Contribution to "Cosmic Abundances", the proceedings of the 6th Annual October Astrophysical Conference in Maryland, in press