Pixel correlation searches for O VI in the Lyman α forest and the volume filling factor of metals in the intergalactic medium at z ∼ 2-3.5

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 347, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 985-993

  Pieri, Matthew M ^a,c   Haehnelt, Martin G ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: formation; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

FILLING; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIXELS;

CORRELATION TECHNIQUES; DETAILED MODELS; FILLING FACTOR; GALAXY FORMATIONS; INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; RED SHIFT; SPECTRA'S;

GALAXIES;

EID: 1642559256     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07278.x     Document Type: Article

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