Table 1:
Molecular hydrogen abundances
and dust contents
in cosmological H2-bearing clouds.
Note: column densities N(H I) and N(H2) are given in cm-2;
tentative H2 identification;
photospheric solar
abundances for Cr and Zn are taken from Grevesse & Sauval (1998), for
Mg and Fe from Holweger (2001),
see Eq. (3). a High resolution UVES data reveal a few H2 subcomponents
spread over 700 km s-1 (Petitjean et al. 2002);
b Srianand et al. (2000); c Ledoux et al. (2003); d Levshakov & Foltz (1988); e Mller & Warren (1993);
f Prochaska & Wolfe (1999); g Levshakov et al. (2001).