Ca II and Na I absorption signatures from extraplanar gas in the halo of the Milky Way

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 487, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 583-594

  Ben Bekhti, N ^a   Richter, P ^b   Westmeier, T ^c   Murphy, M T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxies: halo; Galaxy: halo; ISM: structure; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CALCIUM; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GALAXIES; GAS ABSORPTION; GASES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIO TELESCOPES; SODIUM; TELESCOPES;

AB SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; COLUMN DENSITIES; ECHELLE SPECTROGRAPH; EMISSION LINES; GALAXIES: HALO; GALAXY: HALO; HIGH-VELOCITY; ISM: STRUCTURE; LINES-OF-SIGHT; MILKY WAY; MULTI COMPONENTS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; OPTICAL SPECTRUM; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; QUASARS: ABSORPTION LINES; SPIRAL GALAXIES; VERY LARGE TELESCOPES;

GAS FUEL PURIFICATION;

EID: 48849116445     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20079067     Document Type: Article

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