The essential signature of a massive starburst in a distant quasar

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6967, 2003, Pages 636-638

  Solomon, P ^a   Bout, P Vanden ^b   Carilll, C ^c   Guelin, M ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d IRAM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CLOUDS; GALAXIES; GAS EMISSIONS;

LUMINOSITY;

ASTRONOMY;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; DENSITY; GAS TRANSPORT; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0346258043     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02149     Document Type: Article

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