DLA properties and EW of 36 QSOs

Using the XQ-100 DLA sample, we investigate the completeness of selecting DLA absorbers based on their MgII rest-frame equivalent width (W_0_^2796^) at these redshifts.

Of the 29 DLAs with clean Mg II profiles, we find that six (20 per cent of DLAs) have W_0_^2796^<0.6{AA}. The DLA incidence rate of W_0_^2796^<0.6{AA} absorbers is a factor of ~5 higher than what is seen in z~1 samples, indicating a potential evolution in the MgII properties of DLAs with redshift. All of the W_0_^2796^<0.6{AA} DLAs have low metallicities (-2.5<[M/H]<-1.7), small velocity widths (v_90_<50km/s), and tend to have relatively low N(HI).