2000/02/29 by Jane C. Charlton, J. C. Charlton, Christopher W. Churchill +1 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Absorption (acoustics) #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Intergalactic medium #Limit (mathematics) #Line (geometry) #Lyman limit #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Optics #Physics #Quasar #Redshift #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/317265
4 pages, no figures; submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters; revised version, more general and includes more about Braun and Burton CHVCs
arxiv created 2000/08/11 · openalex publication_date 2000/12/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We show that the number statistics of moderate-redshift Mg II and Lyman limit absorbers may rule out the hypothesis that high-velocity clouds are infalling intragroup material.