Figure 20.
The spin temperature Ts plotted against metallicity [Z/H] for the 29 DLAs of the full sample that have measurements of both quantities. The dashed line shows the linear regression fit, log[Ts] = ( − 0.83 ± 0.16) × [Z/H] + (1.94 ± 0.20), to the 16 measurements of both Ts and [Z/H].