Spectral signature of cosmological infall of gas around the first quasars

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6921, 2003, Pages 341-343

  Barkana, Rennan ^a   Loeb, Abraham ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; GALAXIES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDROGEN; LUMINOUS MATERIALS;

QUASARS;

COSMIC RAYS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ABSORPTION; ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; GAS ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HEATING; HISTORY; IONIZATION; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPACE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037461734     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01330     Document Type: Article

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