The Lyα forest flux distribution at z ∼ 5.2 and the evolution of the ionizing background

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 549, Issue 1 PART 2, 2001, Pages

  Mcdonald, Patrick ^a,b   Miralda Escudé, Jordi ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: Theory; Intergalactic medium; Large scale structure of universe; Quasars: Absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039699510     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319123     Document Type: Article

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