A large population of galaxies 9 to 12 billion years back in the history of the Universe

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7058, 2005, Pages 519-521

  Le Fevre O ^a   Paltani, S ^a   Arnouts, S ^a   Charlot, S ^b,c   Foucaud, S ^d   Ilbert, O ^a,e   McCracken, H J ^c,j   Zamorani, G ^f   Bottini, D ^d   Garilli, B ^d   Le Brun, V ^a   Maccagni, D ^d   Picat, J P ^g   Scaramella, R ^f   Scodeggio, M ^d   Tresse, L ^a   Vettolani, G ^f   Zanichelli, A ^f   Adami, C ^a   Bardelli, S ^f   Bolzonella, M ^e   Cappi, A ^f   Ciliegi, P ^f   Contini, T ^g   Franzetti, P ^d   Gavignaud, I ^g,h   Guzzo, L ^d   Iovino, A ^d   Marano, B ^e   Marinoni, C ^d   Mazure, A ^a   Meneux, B ^a   Merighi, R ^f   Pello R ^g   Pollo, A ^d   Pozzetti, L ^f   Radovich, M ⁱ   Zucca, E ^f   Arnaboldi, M ⁱ   Bondi, M ^f   Bongiorno, A ^e   Busarello, G ⁱ   Gregorini, L ^f   Lamareille, F ^g   Mathez, G ^g   Mellier, Y ^c,j   Merluzzi, P ⁱ   Ripepi, V ⁱ   Rizzo, D ^g   more..

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^d INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^h EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

ⁱ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^j OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DUST; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COSMIC STAR; REDSHIFT; STAR FORMATION;

GALAXIES;

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; MASS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 27744524453     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03979     Document Type: Article

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