The shape of the ionizing UV background at z ∼ 3.7 from the metal absorption systems of Q 0000-2619

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 318, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 347-360

  Savaglio, Sandra ^a,b   Cristiani, Stefano ^c   D'Odorico, Sandro ^a   Fontana, Adriano ^d   Giallongo, Emanuele ^d   Molaro, Paolo ^e  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

2619: absorption lines; Galaxies: formation of; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: Q 0000

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000340220     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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