The keck+magellan survey for Lyman limit absorption. I. The frequency distribution of super Lyman limit systems

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 656, Issue 2 I, 2007, Pages 666-679

  O'Meara, John M ^a   Prochaska, Jason X ^b,c   Burles, Scott ^d   Prochter, Gabriel ^b,c   Bernstein, Rebecca A ^e   Burgess, Kristin M ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847761811     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510711     Document Type: Article

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