The population of weak Mg II absorbers. I. A survey of 26 QSO HIRES/Keck spectra

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-75

  Churchill, Christopher W ^a   Rigby, Jane R ^a   Charlton, Jane C ^a   Vogt, Steven S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: ISM; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033417750     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313168     Document Type: Review

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