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Lyman-alpha forest: a standalone construct

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the dense series of absorption lines in distant quasar spectra produced by intervening neutral hydrogen clouds at different redshifts.

In astrophysics, Lyman-alpha forest refers to the dense series of absorption lines in distant quasar spectra produced by intervening neutral hydrogen clouds at different redshifts. This meaning comes from Lynds (1971) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Lynds, R. (1971). The Absorption-Line Spectrum of 4c 05.34. The Astrophysical Journal, 164, L73. https://doi.org/10.1086/180695

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