Concept information
Preferred term
Lyman alpha forest
Definition
- The appearance of many differentially redshifted Lyman alpha lines in absorption in a quasar's spectrum, caused by intervening hydrogen clouds along our line of sight to the quasar. (en)
Broader concept
- Spectroscopy (en)
Entry terms
- Lyman-alpha forest (en)
- Lyman forest (en)
- Ly-α forest (en)
- Lyα forest (en)
Editorial note
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/980
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