A near-solar metallicity, nitrogen-deficient lyman limit absorber associated with two S0 galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 623, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 767-794

  Jenkins, Edward B ^a   Bowen, David V ^a   Tripp, Todd M ^b   Sembach, Kenneth R ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: halos; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444411583     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428878     Document Type: Article

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