Damped and sub-damped Lyman-α absorbers in z > 4 QSOs

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 508, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-140

  Guimaraes R ^a   Petitjean, P ^b   De Carvalho, R R ^c   Djorgovski, S G ^d   Noterdaeme, P ^e   Castro, S ^f   Da R Poppe, P C ^a   Aghaee, A ^g,h  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SISTAN AND BALUCHESTAN   (Iran)

^h INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES IPM   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: formation; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LENGTH; COLUMN DENSITY; COSMOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COSMOLOGY: OBSERVATION; ECHELLETTE SPECTROGRAPH AND IMAGER; GAMMA FUNCTION; INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM; KECK TELESCOPES; LINES-OF-SIGHT; NEUTRAL GAS; POWER-LAW; QUASARS:ABSORPTION LINES; RED SHIFT;

GALAXIES; GAS ABSORPTION; SURVEYS;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 71849087793     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811541     Document Type: Article

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