The large-scale cross-correlation of Damped Lyman alpha systems with the Lyman alpha forest: First measurements from BOSS

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Font Ribera, Andreu ^a,b   Miralda Escudé, Jordi ^c,d   Arnau, Eduard ^d   Carithers, Bill ^b   Lee, Khee Gan ^e   Noterdaeme, Pasquier ^f   Pâris, Isabelle ^f,g   Petitjean, Patrick ^f   Rich, James ^h   Rollinde, Emmanuel ^f   Ross, Nicholas P ^b   Schneider, Donald P ⁱ   White, Martin ^b   York, Donald G ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

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

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^f INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^h CEA SACLAY   (France)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

galaxy formation; intergalactic media; Lyman alpha forest; redshift surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870257161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/11/059     Document Type: Article

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