Heavy-element abundances and dust depletions in the host galaxies of three gamma-ray bursts

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 585, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 638-646

  Savaglio, Sandra ^a,c   Fall, S Michael ^b   Fiore, Fabrizio ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STScI   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Dust, extinction; Gamma rays: bursts; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038142416     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346225     Document Type: Article

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