Rapid evolution of the most luminous galaxies during the first 900 million years

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7108, 2006, Pages 189-192

  Bouwens, Rychard J ^a   Illingworth, Garth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED RADIATION; NATURAL SCIENCES; SPACE RESEARCH;

GALAXY FORMATION; GALAXY POPULATION; LUMINOUS GALAXIES; UNIVERSE;

GALAXIES;

CONSERVATION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LUMINESCENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; EVOLUTION; INFRARED RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33748669605     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05156     Document Type: Article

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