An unbiased measurement of the UV background and its evolution via the proximity effect in quasar spectra

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 491, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 465-481

  Dall'Aglio, A ^a   Wisotzki, L ^a   Worseck, G ^a  

^a ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmology: diffuse radiation; Galaxies: intergalactic medium; Galaxies: quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FORECASTING; GALAXIES;

ABSORPTION LINES; ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; COSMOLOGY: DIFFUSE RADIATION; FREE PARAMETERS; GALAXIES: INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM; GALAXIES: QUASARS: ABSORPTION LINES; GRAVITATIONAL CLUSTERING; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HYBRID APPROACHES; IONISATION; LINE OF SIGHTS; LINES OF SIGHTS; OPTICAL DEPTHS; POISSONIAN; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; QUASAR SPECTRUMS; RADIATION FIELDS; RED SHIFTS; SAMPLE AVERAGING; SPACE DENSITIES; STANDARD METHODS; STRENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; WEAK EFFECTS;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 57049156679     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810724     Document Type: Article

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