Evolution of the population of very strong Mg ii absorbers.

Autor: Rodríguez Hidalgo, Paola, Wessels, Kaylan, Charlton, Jane C., Narayanan, Anand, Mshar, Andrew, Cucchiara, Antonino, Jones, Therese
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Zdroj: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Dec2012, Vol. 427 Issue 3, p1801-1815, 15p, 2 Charts, 14 Graphs
Abstrakt: ABSTRACT We present a study of the evolution of several classes of Mg ii absorbers, and their corresponding Fe ii absorption, over a large fraction of cosmic history: 2.3-8.7 Gyr from the big bang. Our sample consists of 87 strong ( [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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