Old galaxies in the young Universe

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6996, 2004, Pages 184-187

  Cimatti, A ^a   Daddi, E ^b   Renzini, A ^b   Cassata, P ^c   Vanzella, E ^c   Pozzetti, P ^d   Cristiani, S ^e   Fontana, A ^f   Rodighiero, C ^c   Mignoll, M ^d   Zamorani, G ^d  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALAXIES; MORPHOLOGY;

MORPHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATIONS; SPHEROIDAL GALAXIES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MASS; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3142619031     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02668     Document Type: Article

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