First detection of CO in a high-redshift damped Lyman-α system

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 482, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

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

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

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; GALAXIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

COLUMN DENSITIES; DAMPED LYMAN SYSTEM; KINETIC TEMPERATURE; METAL ENRICHMENT; QUASARS; RADIATIVE PUMPING;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

EID: 42449128053     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809727     Document Type: Article

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