Diffuse molecular gas at high redshift - Detection of CO molecules and the 2175 Å dust feature at z = 1.64

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 503, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 765-770

  Noterdaeme, P ^a,c   Ledoux, C ^b   Srianand, R ^c   Petitjean, P ^a   Lopez, S ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: ISM; Quasars: absorption lines; Quasars: individual: SDSS J160457.50+220300.5

Indexed keywords

CO ABSORPTION; CO MOLECULE; COLD GAS; COLUMN DENSITY; COMPOSITE SPECTRA; CONTROL SAMPLES; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION; COSMOLOGY: OBSERVATION; DETECTION OF CARBON MONOXIDE; DIRECT OBSERVATION; DUST ABSORPTION; ECHELLE SPECTROGRAPH; GALACTIC DISC; GALAXIES: ISM; HIGH REDSHIFT-GALAXIES; HIGH-REDSHIFT; INTERBAND; LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; LINE OF SIGHT; MOLECULAR GAS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; QUASAR SPECTRA; QUASARS: INDIVIDUAL; QUASARS:ABSORPTION LINES; RED SHIFT; ROTATIONAL EXCITATION; SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; TWO-COMPONENT; VERY LARGE TELESCOPE; X BANDS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON MONOXIDE; COSMOLOGY; DUST; GALAXIES; MOLECULES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

GAS ABSORPTION;

EID: 70350061432     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912330     Document Type: Article

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