The sightline to Q2343-BX415: Clues to galaxy formation in a quasar environment

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 670, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-38

  Rix, Samantha A ^a   Pettini, Max ^b   Steidel, Charles C ^c   Reddy, Naveen A ^d   Adelberger, Kurt L ^e   Erb, Dawn K ^f   Shapley, Alice E ^g  

^a ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: high redshift; Quasars: absorption lines; Quasars: individual (Q2343 BX415)

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049108231     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521808     Document Type: Article

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