The enrichment history of the intergalactic medium: O VI in Lyα forest systems at redshift z ∼ 2

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 578, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 43-59

  Carswell, Bob ^a   Schaye, Joop ^b   Kim, T S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmology: miscellaneous; Galaxies: formation; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines; Quasars: individual (HE 1122 1648, HE 2217 2818)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012094060     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342404     Document Type: Article

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