The nature of damped Lyman α and sub-damped Lyman α absorbers

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 464, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 487-493

  Khare, P ^a   Kulkarni, V P ^b   Peroux C ^c   York, D G ^d,e   Lauroesch, J T ^f   Meiring, J D ^b  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: ISM; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

DUST; GALAXIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MODAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION LINES; LYMAN Α ABSORBERS; NON-DAMPED LYMAN LIMIT SYSTEMS (NDLLS);

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33947286215     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066186     Document Type: Article

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