Generating mock data sets for large-scale Lyman-α forest correlation measurements

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Font Ribera, Andreu ^a   McDonald, Patrick ^b,c   Miralda Escudé, Jordi ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

cosmological simulations; intergalactic media; Lyman alpha forest; redshift surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856632176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/01/001     Document Type: Review

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