Absorption systems in the spectra of 66 z ≳ 4 quasars

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1799-1820

  Péroux, Céline ^a   Storrie Lombardi, Lisa J ^b   McMahon, Richard G ^a   Irwin, Mike ^a   Hook, Isobel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: high redshift; Line: identification; Quasars : general; Quasars: absorption lines; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044399451     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319967     Document Type: Article

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