A new observational upper limit to the low-redshift ionizing background radiation

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 561, Issue 2 PART 1, 2001, Pages 559-572

  Weymann, Ray J ^a   Vogel, Stuart N ^b   Veilleux, Sylvain ^b   Epps, Harland W ^c  

^a CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Intergalactic medium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035841688     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323205     Document Type: Article

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