The discovery of a galaxy-wide superwind from a young massive galaxy at redshift z ≈ 3

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7048, 2005, Pages 227-229

  Wilman, R J ^a   Gerssen, J ^a   Bower, R G ^a   Morris, S L ^a   Bacon, R ^b   De Zeeuw, P T ^c   Davies, R L ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ASTROPHYSIQUE DE LYON   (France)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BLACK HOLE ACCRETION; HIGH-VELOCITY GALACTIC; STAR FORMATION; STARBURST;

GALAXIES;

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

EID: 22544467235     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03718     Document Type: Article

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