Dusty Mg II absorbers: Implications for the gamma-ray burst/quasar incidence discrepancy

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 699, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-59

  Sudilovsky, Vladimir ^a,b   Smith, Donald ^a   Savaglio, Sandra ^b  

^a GUILFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Quasars: general; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049125890     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/699/1/56     Document Type: Article

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