Molecular gas in the host galaxy of a quasar at redshift z = 6.42

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6947, 2003, Pages 406-408

  Walter, Fabian ^a   Bertoidl, Frank ^b   Carilli, Chris ^a   Cox, Pierre ^c   Lo, K Y ^a   Neri, Roberto ^d   Fan, Xiaohui ^e   Omont, Alain ^f   Strauss, Michael A ^g   Menten, Karl M ^b  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d IRAM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; GALAXIES; HYDROGEN; MOLECULES;

MOLECULAR HYDROGEN;

ASTROPHYSICS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; COSMOS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GAS; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETER; IONIZATION; LUMINANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042031553     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01821     Document Type: Article

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