Extremely metal-poor gas at a redshift of 7

Nature

Volumn 492, Issue 7427, 2012, Pages 79-82

  Simcoe, Robert A ^a   Sullivan, Peter W ^a   Cooksey, Kathy L ^a   Burgasser, Adam J ^c   Matejek, Michael S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN;

ABSORBANCE; ASTROPHYSICS; COOLING; COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROGEN; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COSMOS; GAS; GRAVITY; INFRARED RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84870498065     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11612     Document Type: Letter

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