Semianalytic approach to understanding the distribution of neutral hydrogen in the universe: Comparison of simulations with observations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 559, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 29-40

  Choudhury, T Roy ^a   Srianand, R ^a   Padmanabhan, T ^a  

^a INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Intergalactic medium; Large scale structure of universe; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035922286     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322327     Document Type: Article

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