Galaxies 09: Assembly, Gas Content and Star Formation History of Galaxies

Jason Prochaska
UC Santa Cruz/UCO

On the (Non)Evolution of HI Gas in Galaxies

I will discuss constraints on the nature of HI gas in galaxies at z=0 to z=5 from 21cm and Lya observations. In turn, I will present a "swimming pool model" of galaxy formation based on inferences from these HI observations.



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