Unusual broad absorption line quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 267-309

  Hall, Patrick B ^a,b   Anderson, Scott F ^c   Strauss, Michael A ^a   York, Donald G ^d,e   Richards, Gordon T ^f   Fan, Xiaohui ^g   Knapp, G R ^a   Schneider, Donald P ^f   Vanden Berk, Daniel E ^h   Geballe, T R ⁱ   Bauer, Amanda E ^j   Becker, Robert H ^k,l   Davis, Marc ^m   Rix, Hans Walter ⁿ   Nichol, R C ^o   Bahcall, Neta A ^a   Brinkmann, J ^p   Brunner, Robert ^q   Connolly, A J ^r   Csabai, István ^s,t   Doi, Mamoru ^u   Fukugita, Masataka ^u   Gunn, James E ^a   Haiman, Zoltan ^a   Harvanek, Michael ^p   Heckman, Timothy M ^t   Hennessy, G S ^v   Inada, Naohisa ^u   Ivezić, Željko ^a   Johnston, David ^d   Kleinman, S ^p   Krolik, Julian H ^t   Krzesinski, Jurek ^p,w   Kunszt, Peter Z ^t   Lamb, D Q ^d   Long, Daniel C ^p   Lupton, Robert H ^a   Miknaitis, Gajus ^c   Munn, Jeffrey A ^x   Narayanan, Vijay K ^a   Neilsen, Eric ^h   Newman, P R ^p   Nitta, Atsuko ^p   Okamura, Sadanori ^u   Pentericci, Laura ⁿ   Pier, Jeffrey R ^x   Schlegel, David J ^a   Snedden, S ^p   Szalay, Alexander S ^t   Thakar, Anirudda R ^t   Tsvetanov, Zlatan ^t   White, Richard L ^y   Zheng, Wei ^t   more..

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^h FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^o CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^q CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^s EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^t JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^v US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^w PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^x FLAGSTAFF STATION   (United States)

^y STScI   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Atomic processes; Line: identification; Quasars: absorption lines; Quasars: emission lines; Quasars: general; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544397228     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340546     Document Type: Review

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