A supernova origin for dust in a high-redshift quasar

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7008, 2004, Pages 533-535

  Maiolino, R ^a   Schneider, R ^a,c   Oliva, E ^a,d   Bianchi, S ^b   Ferrara, A ^e   Mannucci, F ^b   Pedani, M ^d   Roca Sogorb, M ^f  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^d FUNDACIÓN GALILEO GALILEI INAF   (Spain)

^e SISSA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; DUST; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LOW MASS STARS; REDSHIFT QUASARS; SUPERNOVA; UNIVERSE EVOLUTION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; COSMOS; DUST; EVOLUTION; INFRARED RADIATION; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 5044223960     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02930     Document Type: Article

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