Detection of molecular hydrogen in a near solar-metallicity damped Lyman-α system at zabs ≈ 2 toward Q 0551-366

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 392, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 781-789

  Ledoux, C ^a   Srianand, R ^b   Petitjean, P ^c,d  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^b INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^c INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: halos; Galaxies: ISM; Quasars: absorption lines; Quasars: individual: Q 0551 366

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; HYDROGEN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULES; PHOTODISSOCIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATIONS (CMBR); QUASARS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 0036740494     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021187     Document Type: Article

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