Early stages of nitrogen enrichment in galaxies: Clues from measurements in damped Lyman α systems

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 403, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-72

  Centurion M ^a   Molaro, P ^a   Vladilo, G ^a   Peroux C ^a   Levshakov, S A ^b   D'Odorico, V ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: evolution; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; SPACE RESEARCH;

BLUE COMPACT DWARF GALAXIES; COSMOLOGY; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; NITROGEN ABUNDANCES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0037799891     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030273     Document Type: Article

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