Self-shielding effects on the column density distribution of damped Lyα systems

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 568, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages

  Zheng, Zheng ^a   Miralda Escudé, Jordi ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: formation; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041908437     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340330     Document Type: Article

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