Damped lyα absorbers as tracers of the evolution of the mass spectrum of interstellar matter in the galaxy population

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 471, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 657-672

  Khersonsky, Valery K ^a   Turnshek, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: Observations; Galaxies: Evolution; Galaxies: ISM quasars: Absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039730753     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177996     Document Type: Article

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