Molecular gas in a submillimeter galaxy at z = 4.5: Evidence for a major merger at 1 billion years after the big bang

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 689, Issue 1 PART 2, 2008, Pages

  Schinnerer, E ^a   Carilli, C L ^b   Capak, P ^c,d   Martinez Sansigre, A ^a   Scoville, N Z ^d   Smolcic V ^d   Taniguchi, Y ^e   Yun, M S ^f   Bertoldi, F ^g   Le Fevre, O ^h   De Ravel, L ^h  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^h AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: high redshift; Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: starburst; Submillimeter

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449124348     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595680     Document Type: Article

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