On the significance of the excess number of strong Mg II absorbers observed toward gamma-ray bursts
The number of strong (equivalent width >1 Å) Mg ii absorbers observed toward gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been found to be statistically larger than the number of strong absorbers toward quasi-stellar objects (QSOs). We formalize this “Mg ii problem” and present a detailed explanation of the stat...
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The astrophysical journal
Year: 2013, Volume: 766, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-7 |
| ISSN: | 1538-4357 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0004-637X/766/1/23 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/766/1/23 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/766/1/23 
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| Author Notes: | Sharon Rapoport, Christopher A. Onken, J. Stuart B. Wyithe, Brian P. Schmidt, and Anders O. Thygesen |
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