Spectroscopic confirmation of a galaxy at redshift z = 8.6

Nature

Volumn 467, Issue 7318, 2010, Pages 940-942

  Lehnert, M D ^a   Nesvadba, N P H ^b   Cuby, J G ^c   Swinbank, A M ^d   Morris, S ^d   Clement B ^c   Evans, C J ^e   Bremer, M N ^f   Basa, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COSMIC RAY; ELECTRON; IONIZATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; VOLUME;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; IONIZATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77958575828     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09462     Document Type: Article

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