Cosmic metal production and the contribution of QSO absorption systems to the ionizing background

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 457, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 551-556

  Madau, Piero ^a   Michael Shull, J ^b  

^a AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: Observations; Diffuse radiation; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: Absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344455307     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/176751     Document Type: Article

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