Hubble space telescope spectral observations near the He II Lyα break: Implications for he II reionization

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 726, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Syphers, David ^a,b   Anderson, Scott F ^b   Zheng, Wei ^c   Meiksin, Avery ^d   Haggard, Daryl ^b   Schneider, Donald P ^e   York, Donald G ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Intergalactic medium; Quasars: general; Ultraviolet: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891252931     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/726/2/111     Document Type: Article

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