A possible gravitational lensing explanation for the excess of strong Mgii absorbers in gamma-ray burst afterglow spectra

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 414, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-217

  Wyithe, J Stuart B ^a   Oh, S Peng ^b   Pindor, Bartosz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: theory; Gamma ray burst: general; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; GRAVITATION; LUMINANCE; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

COSMOLOGY: THEORY; GAMMA RAYS BURSTS; GAMMA-RAY BURST: GENERALS; GRAVITATIONAL LENSING; HIGH-REDSHIFT; INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS; MULTIPLE IMAGE; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; SPECTRA'S;

STARS;

EID: 79957895022     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18374.x     Document Type: Article

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