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    Lyman continuum photons (abbrev. LyC), shortened to Ly continuum photons or Lyc photons, are the photons emitted from stars or active galactic nuclei at...
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    Chronology of the universe Galaxies in the local universe that 'leak' Lyman continuum photons. Haro 11 – first of two galaxies Tololo-1247-232 – second of two...
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    and is one of nine galaxies in the local universe known to emit Lyman continuum photons (LyC). Guillermo Haro first described H11 in a study published...
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  • level. Bohr model H-alpha Hydrogen spectral series K-alpha Lyman-alpha line Lyman continuum photon Moseley's law Rydberg formula Balmer series "Voyager Probes...
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    shown, Lyman-Werner photons are emitted as described below: A hydrogen molecule can absorb a far-ultraviolet photon (11.2 eV < energy of the photon < 13...
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    to the dark matter particle mass. Lyman-alpha blob Lyman break galaxy Lyman alpha emitter Lyman continuum photons Patrick McDonald; Uros Seljak; Scott...
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    have been identified as leaking Lyman continuum (LyC) photons. The first published detection of Lyman continuum photons from T1247 was made in 2013 by...
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    was published in the journal Nature identifying J0925+1403 as a Lyman continuum photons (LyC) 'leaker' with an escape fraction of ~8% (see section below)...
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    MCG+07-33-027. J125013.50+073441.5 taken by Hubble as part of a study named LARS (Lyman Alpha Reference Sample) Starburst activity in the central region of nearby...
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  • code: LYC) Lübecker Yacht-Club, Germany Lyc photon (LyC photon), the Lyman continuum photons, a kind of photon emitted from stars Lycaste, abbreviated as...
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    experience Doppler broadening due to motions of the gas emitting the photons. The photons will be shifted away from the line center, thus rendering the height...
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    LCE. Finding LCEs is crucial in the study of the Big Bang, as Lyman continuum photons (LyC) emissions are thought to be a mechanism for the reionisation...
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  • low energy state by emitting photons. Two main pathways exist: from the 2p state by emitting a Lyman-a photon – these photons will almost always be reabsorbed...
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    Emission-line Survey) Tololo 1247-232 - One of only two known Lyman continuum photons emitters "About CTIO | CTIO". Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory...
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    nitrogen: The Lyman–Birge–Hopfield bands, sometimes known as the Birge–Hopfield bands, in the far ultraviolet: 140– 170 nm (named after Theodore Lyman, Raymond...
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    assumed that the nebula is optically thick in the Lyman continuum, which means that all ionizing photons from the central star are absorbed inside the nebula...
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    solely through the Sun losing mass by radiating energy. Extra energetic photons: Photons travelling through galaxy clusters should gain energy and then lose...
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    and Wheeler introduced the Breit–Wheeler process, a mechanism by which photons can be potentially transformed into matter in the form of electron–positron...
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    further fusion. When the core collapse is initiated by pair instability (photons turning into electron-positron pairs, thereby reducing the radiation pressure)...
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    primordial hydrogen. The large amount of neutral hydrogen found in the damped Lyman-alpha systems is thought to dominate the cosmological baryonic density of...
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    set of outstanding questions regarding the source region of kilometric continuum radiation, the role of solar wind pressure pulses in ionospheric outflow...
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