Four quasars above redshift 6 discovered by the Canada-France high-z quasar survey

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2435-2450

  Willott, Chris J ^a   Delorme, Philippe ^b   Omont, Alain ^c   Bergeron, Jacqueline ^c   Delfosse, Xavier ^b   Forveille, Thierry ^b   Albert, Loic ^d   Reylé, Céline ^e   Hill, Gary J ^f   Gully Santiago, Michael ^f   Vinten, Phillip ^a   Crampton, David ^g   Hutchings, John B ^g   Schade, David ^g   Simard, Luc ^g   Sawicki, Marcin ^h   Beelen, Alexandre ⁱ   Cox, Pierre ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^c INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^d CANADA FRANCE HAWAII TELESCOPE   (United States)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE BESANÇON   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^h SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^j IRAM   (France)

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Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines; Quasars: emission lines; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249110287     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522962     Document Type: Article

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