Alternate Definitions for Lyman alpha forest

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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.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
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