The nitrogen and oxygen abundances in the neutral gas at high redshift

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 480, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 349-357

  Petitjean, P ^a   Ledoux, C ^b   Srianand, R ^c  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Galaxies: quasars: absorption lines; Galaxy: abundances; ISM: abundances

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXYGEN; SILICON;

GALAXIES: QUASARS: ABSORPTION LINES; GALAXY: ABUNDANCES; ISM: ABUNDANCES;

NITROGEN;

EID: 41449103006     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078607     Document Type: Article

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