Optical properties and spatial distribution of Mg II absorbers from SDSS image stacking

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 658, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 161-184

  Zibetti, Stefano ^a   Ménard, Brice ^b,c   Nestor, Daniel B ^d   Quider, Anna M ^e   Rao, Sandhya M ^e   Turnshek, David A ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: halos; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: statistics; Quasars: absorption lines; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047192376     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511300     Document Type: Article

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