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Lyα Forest Tomography of the z > 2 Cosmic Web

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2016

Khee-Gan Lee
Khee-Gan Lee*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, Heidelberg, 69117, Germany
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Abstract

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The hydrogen Lyα forest is an important probe of the z > 2 Universe that is otherwise challenging to observe with galaxy redshift surveys, but this technique has traditionally been limited to 1D studies in front of bright quasars. However, by pushing to faint magnitudes (g > 23) with 8-10m large telescopes it becomes possible to exploit the high area density of high-redshift star-forming galaxies to create 3D tomographic maps of large-scale structure in the foreground. I describe the first pilot observations using this technique, as well discuss future surveys and the resulting science possibilities for galaxy evolution and cosmology.

Keywords

cosmology: observations – galaxies: high-redshift – intergalactic medium – quasars: absorption lines – surveys – techniques: spectroscopic
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S308: The Zeldovich Universe: Genesis and Growth of the Cosmic Web , June 2014 , pp. 360 - 363
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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