HST/COS observations of the quasar HE 2347-4342: Probing the epoch of HE II patchy reionization at redshifts z = 2.4-2.9

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 722, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1312-1324

  Shull, J Michael ^a   France, Kevin ^a   Danforth, Charles W ^a   Smith, Britton ^a   Tumlinson, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark ages; First stars; Galaxies: active; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: absorption lines; Quasars: individual (HE 2347 4342); Reionization; Ultraviolet: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149275152     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/722/2/1312     Document Type: Article

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