A high deuterium abundance at redshift z = 0.7

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6639, 1997, Pages 250-252

  Webb, J K ^a,b   Carswell, R F ^c   Lanzetta, K M ^d   Ferlet, R ^e   Lemoine, M ^f   Vidal Madjar, A ^e   Bowen, D V ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLOUD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COSMOS; DENSITY; EVOLUTION; GAS; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030752304     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/40814     Document Type: Article

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