spectroscopy, the Lyman-alpha forest is a series of absorption lines in the spectra of distant galaxies and quasars arising from the Lyman-alpha electron transition...
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In astronomy, a Lyman-alpha blob (LAB) is a huge concentration of a gas emitting the Lyman-alpha emission line. LABs are some of the largest known individual...
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Lyman-alpha, typically denoted by Ly-α, is a spectral line of hydrogen (or, more generally, of any one-electron atom) in the Lyman series. It is emitted...
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Dark matter (section Lyman-alpha forest)
In astronomical spectroscopy, the Lyman-alpha forest is the sum of the absorption lines arising from the Lyman-alpha transition of neutral hydrogen in...
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dynamics of the gas in early galaxies directly. Lyman-alpha blob Lyman-alpha emitter Lyman-alpha forest Lyman-break galaxy Coles, Peter; Lucchin, Francesco...
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TON 618 (category Lyman-alpha blobs)
618) is a hyperluminous, broad-absorption-line, radio-loud quasar and Lyman-alpha blob located near the border of the constellations Canes Venatici and...
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equivalent to the Rydberg constant. Balmer Limit Lyman-alpha emitter Lyman-alpha forest Lyman-break galaxy Lyman series Rydberg formula Ridpath, Ian (2012)...
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Lyman-alpha emitters are over dense in clusters. Damped Lyman-alpha system Lyman-alpha blob Lyman-alpha forest Lyman-break galaxy Lyman limit Lyman series...
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galaxy Damped Lyman-alpha system Lyman-alpha blob Lyman-alpha emitter Lyman-alpha forest Lyman series D. Burgarella; et al. (2011). "HerMES: Lyman Break Galaxies...
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can still be done, using a range of techniques: Making use of the Lyman-alpha forest; clouds of diffuse, baryonic gas or dust are sometimes visible when...
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cloud condensation and stellar birth rates; and observations of the Lyman-alpha forest, and of other changes to the light from ancient objects, allow the...
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quantitative details of the microwave background anisotropies, the Lyman-alpha forest, and galaxy surveys. Smoller, Joel; Temple, Blake (2003). "Shockwave...
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electromagnetic emission from the quasar at wavelengths less than that of the Lyman-alpha line at the redshift of the emitted light. This effect was originally...
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region, but rather their spectra contain a spiky area known as the Lyman-alpha forest; this indicates that the intergalactic medium has undergone reionization...
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limit Lyman-alpha blob Lyman-alpha forest Lyman-break galaxy Lyman series Haro 11 - One of the two galaxies in the local universe that 'leaks' Lyman continuum...
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scales. Extra massive hydrogen clouds: The spectral lines of the Lyman-alpha forest suggest that hydrogen clouds are more clumped together at certain...
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cosmological simulation. The distribution of hydrogen gas was inferred using Lyman-alpha forest observations from Hubble Space Telescope's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph...
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D. (1988). "On the possibility of Gas-Rich Dwarf Galaxies in the Lyman-alpha Forest". Astrophysical Journal (Letters) 329: L57. doi:10.1086/185176. Tyson...
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accurately be observed. Another indicator of large-scale structure is the 'Lyman-alpha forest'. This is a collection of absorption lines that appear in the spectra...
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HITRAN Infrared gas analyzer Infrared spectroscopy of metal carbonyls Lyman-alpha forest Optical density Photoemission spectroscopy Transparent materials Water...
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the cosmic microwave background radiation, galaxy surveys, and the Lyman-alpha forest. Analysis of data from the WMAP microwave space telescope found that...
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long absorption troughs persisting down to z < 5.5 in the Lyman-alpha and Lyman-beta forests suggest that reionization potentially extends later than z = 6...
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research into the redshift evolution of the Lyman alpha absorption forest. Hunstead’s work on the Lyman alpha forest resolved much of the confusion surrounding...
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spectroscopic sensitivity, COS uniquely suited for exploring the Lyman-alpha forest. This is the ‘forest’ of absorption spectra seen in the spectra of distant galaxies...
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matter in the distant universe and to probe reionization include: The Lyman-alpha forest, which allows cosmologists to measure the distribution of neutral...
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lensing by planets, gamma-ray bursts at high redshifts, the use of the Lyman-alpha forest to measure the acceleration/deceleration of the universe in real time...
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and molecular astrophysics Emission spectrum Gunn-Peterson trough Lyman-alpha forest Photometry (astronomy) Prism Spectrometer Telluric contamination Foukal...
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and CBI), and constraints from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey and Lyman alpha forest measurements. There are degenerations among the parameters, the most...
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Telescope. In 1980, Sargent, Young, Boksenberg & Tytler studied the Lyman-alpha forest in the rest-frame ultraviolet portion of quasar spectra, concluding...
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measurements of the matter density distribution which is traced by the Lyman-alpha forest. According to observations by researchers, they noted there is a strong...
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