A critical analysis of the ultraviolet continuum slopes (β) of high-redshift galaxies: No evidence (yet) for extreme stellar populations at z > 6

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 420, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 901-912

  Dunlop, J S ^a   Mclure, R J ^a   Robertson, B E ^b   Ellis, R S ^b   Stark, D P ^c   Cirasuolo, M ^a,d   De Ravel, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark ages, reionization, first stars; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: high redshift; Galaxies: starburst

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856209105     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20102.x     Document Type: Article

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