Lyman alpha forest

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/980

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Ly-α forest
Lyman forest
Lyman-alpha forest
Lyα forest
dcterms modified equal to or less than 2020-11-10T18:52:29.462Zequal to or more than 2020-11-10T18:52:29.462Z
broader
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1558 original
narrower
980 original
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.
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contributor AAS_Frey.Katie original