A feature at z ∼ 3.2 in the evolution of the Lyα forest optical depth

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1 1765, 2003, Pages 32-52

  Bernardi, Mariangela ^a,b   Sheth, Ravi K ^c,d   SubbaRao, Mark ^b   Richards, Gordon T ^e   Burles, Scott ^f   Connolly, Andrew J ^c   Frieman, Joshua ^b,d   Nichol, Robert ^a   Schaye, Joop ^g   Schneider, Donald P ^e   Vanden Berk, Daniel E ^d   York, Donald G ^b   Brinkmann, J ^h   Lamb, Don Q ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^h APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Cosmology: theory; Galaxies: formation; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042260734     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344945     Document Type: Article

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