The effect of high column density systems on the measurement of the Lyman-α forest correlation function

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

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

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY 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: 84864480166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/07/028     Document Type: Article

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