Metal enrichment in near-infrared luminous galaxies at z ∼ 2: Signatures of proto-elliptical galaxies?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 608, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages

  De Mello, D F ^a,b   Daddi, E ^c   Renzini, A ^c   Cimatti, A ^d   Di Serego Alighieri, S ^d   Pozzetti, L ^e   Zamorani, G ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^e OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: high redshift; Galaxies: starburst

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142716854     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422139     Document Type: Article

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