Complex C: A low-metallicity, high-velocity cloud plunging into the Milky Way

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 6 1770, 2003, Pages 3122-3144

  Tripp, Todd M ^a,b   Wakker, Bart P ^c   Jenkins, Edward B ^a   Bowers, C W ^d   Danks, A C ^d   Green, R F ^e   Heap, S R ^d   Joseph, C L ^f   Kaiser, M E ^g   Llnsky, J L ^h   Woodgate, B E ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: halo; ISM: abundances; ISM: clouds; Quasars: individual (3C 351, H1821+643)

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044367953     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374995     Document Type: Article

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