A massive protocluster of galaxies at a redshift of z≈5.3

Nature

Volumn 470, Issue 7333, 2011, Pages 233-235

  Capak, Peter L ^a   Riechers, Dominik ^b   Scoville, Nick Z ^b   Carilli, Chris ^c   Cox, Pierre ^d   Neri, Roberto ^d   Robertson, Brant ^b   Salvato, Mara ^e   Schinnerer, Eva ^f   Yan, Lin ^a   Wilson, Grant W ^g   Yun, Min ^g   Civano, Francesca ^h   Elvis, Martin ^h   Karim, Alexander ^f   Mobasher, Bahram ⁱ   Staguhn, Johannes G ^j  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d IRAM   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^h HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; DARK; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; LUMINESCENCE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; DARKNESS; GAS; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; X RAY;

EID: 79951509044     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09681     Document Type: Article

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