Probing fundamental constant evolution with neutral atomic gas lines

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 712, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Kanekar, N ^a,b   Prochaska, J X ^c   Ellison, S L ^d   Chengalur, J N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR RADIO ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic processes; Galaxies: high redshift; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950233689     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/712/2/L148     Document Type: Article

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