The transverse proximity effect in the z ∼ 2 Lyman α forest suggests quasi-stellar object episodic lifetimes of ∼1 Myr

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 391, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1457-1471

  Kirkman, David ^a   Tytler, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DENSITY OF GASES; GAS ABSORPTION; STARS;

COSMOLOGY OBSERVATIONS; GAS DENSITY; INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM; LINE OF SIGHT; LINES-OF-SIGHT; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; QUASI-STELLAR OBJECTS; SPECTRA'S; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTON;

FORESTRY;

EID: 57149142406     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13994.x     Document Type: Article

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