New approach for precise computation of Lyman-α forest power spectrum with hydrodynamical simulations

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Borde, Arnaud ^a   Palanque Delabrouille, Nathalie ^a,b   Rossi, Graziano ^a,f   Viel, Matteo ^c,d   Bolton, James S ^e   Yèche, Christophe ^a   Legoff, Jean Marc ^a   Rich, Jim ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cosmological parameters from LSS; cosmological simulations; Lyman alpha forest; power spectrum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903997635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/07/005     Document Type: Article

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