On the putative detection of z > 0 X-ray absorption features in the spectrum of Mrk 421

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 656, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 129-138

  Rasmussen, Andrew P ^a,d   Kahn, Steven M ^a,d,e   Paerels, Frits ^b   Den Herder, Jan Willem ^c   Kaastra, Jelle ^c   De Vries, Cor ^c  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergalactic medium; Large scale structure of universe; Methods: data analysis; Techniques: spectroscopic; Telescopes; X rays: diffuse background

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847338049     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509865     Document Type: Article

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