Formation of a quasar host galaxy through a wet merger 1.4 billion years after the big bang

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 686, Issue 1 PART 2, 2008, Pages

  Riechers, Dominik A ^a,b   Walter, Fabian ^a   Carilli, Christopher L ^c   Bertoldi, Frank ^d   Momjian, Emmanuel ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active; Cosmology; Formation; Galaxies; High redshift; Observations; Radio lines; Starburst

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249106787     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592834     Document Type: Article

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