HST/COS observations of thirteen new HeII quasars

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Syphers, David ^a   Anderson, Scott F ^b   Zheng, Wei ^c   Meiksin, Avery ^d   Schneider, Donald P ^e   York, Donald G ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

galaxies: active; intergalactic medium; quasars: general; ultraviolet: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858680140     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/143/4/100     Document Type: Article

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