Spectroscopic identification of a galaxy at a probable redshift of z = 6.68

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6728, 1999, Pages 586-588

  Chen, Hsiao Wen ^a   Lanzetta, Kenneth M ^a   Pascarelle, Sebastian ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0033560920     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19251     Document Type: Article

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