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Appendix A: Absorption-line spectra  and measurements
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DLA N  <SMALL>V</SMALL> measurements.</p>
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Sub-DLA N  <SMALL>V</SMALL> measurements.</p>
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Normalized high-ion absorption-line profiles for four DLAs with secure N  <SMALL>V</SMALL>&nbsp;detections. A low-ionization line is also shown. VPFIT Voigt-profile models are included as solid red lines. In the N  <SMALL>V</SMALL>&nbsp;panels, blends are indicated with the label&nbsp;``Bl'', and tick marks show the component centers in our best-fit model. The velocity zero-point is defined by the DLA&nbsp;redshift. We annotate on the high-ion panels the total column density obtained by&nbsp;VPFIT.</p></td>
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<td class="img-txt"><span class="bold">Figure A.2:</span><p>
Normalized high-ion absorption-line profiles for four DLAs with secure N  <SMALL>V</SMALL>&nbsp;detections. A&nbsp;low-ionization line is also shown. VPFIT Voigt-profile models are included as solid red lines. In the N  <SMALL>V</SMALL>&nbsp;panels, blends are indicated with the label&nbsp;``Bl'', and tick marks show the component centers in our best-fit model. The velocity zero-point is defined by the DLA&nbsp;redshift. We annotate on the high-ion panels the total column density obtained by&nbsp;VPFIT.</p></td>
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<td class="img-txt"><span class="bold">Figure A.3:</span><p>
High-ion absorption-line profiles for the four DLAs with marginal N  <SMALL>V</SMALL>&nbsp;detections. A&nbsp;low-ionization line is also shown. VPFIT Voigt-profile models are included as solid red lines. In the N  <SMALL>V</SMALL>&nbsp;panels, blends are indicated with the label&nbsp;``Bl'', and tick marks show the component centers in our best-fit model. The velocity zero-point is defined by the DLA&nbsp;redshift. We annotate on the high-ion panels the total column density obtained by&nbsp;VPFIT.</p></td>
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High-ion absorption-line profiles for the two sub-DLAs with N  <SMALL>V</SMALL>&nbsp;detections. A&nbsp;low-ionization line is also shown. VPFIT Voigt-profile models are included as solid red lines.
In the N  <SMALL>V</SMALL>&nbsp;panels, blends are indicated with the label&nbsp;``Bl'', and tick marks show the component centers in our best-fit model. The velocity zero-point is defined by the DLA&nbsp;redshift. We annotate on the high-ion panels the total column density obtained by&nbsp;VPFIT.</p></td>
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Normalized N  <SMALL>I</SMALL> absorption-line profiles in six DLAs with&nbsp;N  <SMALL>V</SMALL>. VPFIT Voigt component models are included as solid red lines. Blends are identified only when they appear at the velocities of N  <SMALL>I</SMALL> absorption.</p></td>
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Normalized N  <SMALL>I</SMALL> absorption lines in three DLAs and two sub-DLAs with&nbsp;N  <SMALL>V</SMALL>. VPFIT Voigt component models are included as solid red lines. Blends are identified only when they appear at the velocities of N  <SMALL>I</SMALL> absorption.</p></td>
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