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Properties of the Lyman α Forest at High and Low Redshifts

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 188))

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We review the current state of observations of the Lyα forest, both the ground-based observations of high-redshift systems and recent observations with the Hubble Space Telescope of low-redshift systems. We also describe follow-up ground-based observations of galaxies near the line of sight through low-redshift Lyman α forest clouds, especially towards 3C 273, and the implications of all these observations for the nature of the Lyα forest clouds and their relation to galaxies. While it is a priori obvious that some Lyα systems must arise from the disks and/or halos of ordinary galaxies (as confirmed by recent observations) it also appears that not all Lyα clouds are closely associated with ordinary galaxies. We speculate on the structure of those very low redshift Lyα clouds which would escape detection at 21 cm.

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Weymann, R.J. (1993). Properties of the Lyman α Forest at High and Low Redshifts. In: Shull, J.M., Thronson, H.A. (eds) The Environment and Evolution of Galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 188. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1882-8_14

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