A kiloparsec-scale hyper-starburst in a quasar host less than 1 gigayear after the Big Bang

Nature

Volumn 457, Issue 7230, 2009, Pages 699-701

  Walter, Fabian ^a   Riechers, Dominik ^a,b   Cox, Pierre ^c   Neri, Roberto ^c   Carilli, Chris ^d   Bertoldi, Frank ^e   Weiss, Axel ^f   Maiolino, Roberto ^g  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c IRAM   (France)

^d NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; LUMINESCENCE; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; GAS; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LUMINANCE; MASS; MATHEMATICS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 59649100258     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07681     Document Type: Article

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