Subaru studies of the cosmic dawn

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 575-586

  Iye, Masanori ^a  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early universe; High redshift galaxies; Ly emitters; Subaru telescope

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; REVIEW; TELESCOPE;

ASTRONOMICAL PROCESSES; DATA COLLECTION; GALAXIES; TELESCOPES;

EID: 81055148066     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: 13492896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.87.575     Document Type: Review

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