High molecular gas fractions in normal massive star-forming galaxies in the young Universe

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7282, 2010, Pages 781-784

  Tacconi, L J ^a   Genzel, R ^a,b   Neri, R ^c   Cox, P ^b   Cooper, M C ^d   Shapiro, K ^b   Bolatto, A ^e   Boucha N ^a   Bournaud, F ^f   Burkert, A ^g   Combes, F ^h   Comerford, J ^b   Davis, M ^b   Schreiber, N M Förster ^a   Garcia Burillo, S ⁱ   Gracia Carpio, J ^a   Lutz, D ^a   Naab, T ^g   Omont, A ^j   Shapley, A ^k   Sternberg, A ^l   Weiner, B ^d   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IRAM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ OBSERVATORIO ASTRONÓMICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

^j INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

more..

Author keywords

At mean redshifts

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GAS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; GAS FLOW; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 76749140900     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08773     Document Type: Article

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