A homogeneous sample of sub-damped Lyman α systems - II. Statistical, kinematic and chemical properties

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 345, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 480-496

  Péroux, Céline ^a,b   Dessauges Zavadsky, Miroslava ^c,d   D'Odorico, Sandro ^c   Kim, Tae Sun ^b,c   McMahon, Richard G ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: high redshift; Quasars: absorption lines; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COSMOLOGY; KINEMATICS; METALS;

CHEMICAL CONTENT; COLUMN DENSITY; GALAXIES ABUNDANCES; GALAXIES:HIGH-REDSHIFT; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY FORMATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS SAMPLES; METALLICITIES; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; QUASARS:GENERAL;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0142138689     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06952.x     Document Type: Article

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