Spectral shape of the UV ionizing background and O vi absorbers at z ∼ 1.5 towards HS 0747+4259

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 449, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-22

  Reimers, D ^a   Agafonova, I I ^b   Levshakov, S A ^b   Hagen, H J ^a   Fechner, C ^a   Tytler, D ^c   Kirkman, D ^c   Lopez, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: quasars: absorption lines; Galaxies: quasars: individual: HS 0747+4259; Line: formation; Line: profiles

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COSMOLOGY: OBSERVATIONS; GALAXIES: ABUNDANCES; GALAXIES: QUASARS: ABSORPTION LINES; GALAXIES: QUASARS: INDIVIDUAL: HS 0747+4259; LINE: FORMATION; LINE: PROFILES;

SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

EID: 33645698433     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053834     Document Type: Article

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