Evolution of the ionizing background at high redshifts

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 552-568

  Cooke, A J ^a   Espey, B ^b   Carswell, R F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Galaxies: evolution; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; COLUMN DENSITY; DENSITY ESTIMATES; DIFFUSE RADIATION; GALAXY EVOLUTION; HIGH-REDSHIFT; IONIZATION STATE; NUMBER DENSITY; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; RADIATION FIELD;

GALAXIES;

EID: 19944392978     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/284.3.552     Document Type: Article

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