Escape of about five per cent of Lyman-α photons from high-redshift star-forming galaxies

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7288, 2010, Pages 562-565

  Hayes, Matthew ^a   Östlin, Göran ^b   Schaerer, Daniel ^a,c   Mas Hesse, J Miguel ^d   Leitherer, Claus ^e   Atek, Hakim ^f   Kunth, Daniel ^f   Verhamme, Anne ^g   De Barros, Stéphane ^a   Melinder, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^b ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^e STScI   (United States)

^f INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

BENCHMARKING; DUST; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; EVOLUTION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77950235598     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08881     Document Type: Article

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