Evolution of the ionizing background and the epoch of reionization from the spectra of z ∼ 6 quasars

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 3 1755, 2002, Pages 1247-1257

  Fan, Xlaohui ^a   Narayanan, Vijay K ^b   Strauss, Michael A ^b   White, Richard L ^c   Becker, Robert H ^d,e   Pentericci, Laura ^f   Hans Walter, R I X ^f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c STScI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001649748     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339030     Document Type: Article

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