High-redshift intergalactic C IV abundance measurements from the near-infrared spectra of two z ∼ 6 QSOs

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 653, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 977-987

  Simcoe, Robert A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: miscellaneous; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846349836     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508983     Document Type: Article

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