Cold neutral gas in a z = 4.2 damped Lyα system: Fuel for star formation

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 622, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages

  Howk, J Christopher ^a   Wolfe, Arthur M ^a   Prochaska, Jason X ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c W M Keck Telescope ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; ISM: atoms; ISM: evolution; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944378442     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429798     Document Type: Article

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