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Astrophysics

method that selects high-redshift star-forming galaxies by the sharp drop in their flux blueward of the Lyman limit across broadband filters.

In astrophysics, Lyman-break technique refers to method that selects high-redshift star-forming galaxies by the sharp drop in their flux blueward of the Lyman limit across broadband filters. This meaning comes from Steidel (1996) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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Steidel, C. C., Giavalisco, M., Pettini, M., Dickinson, M., & Adelberger, K. L. (1996). Spectroscopic Confirmation of a Population of Normal Star-forming Galaxies at Redshifts z > 3. The Astrophysical Journal, 462(1), L17-L21. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-4357/462/1/l17

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