Evolution in the Lyman-alpha forest

dc.creatorLiebscher, Thomas
dc.creatorKayser, Rainer
dc.creatorHelbig, Phillip
dc.date1996-07-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:21:38Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:21:38Z
dc.descriptionWe reanalyse the spectra used by D.-E. Liebscher (no relation) et al with the same goal -- determining the cosmological parameters -- and basically the same assumptions but with a different statistical method, which does not rely on binning the data. Also, we correct for selection effects. We basically confirm their result, with somewhat larger but still very small (formal) errors. However, all world models within the 99% confidence region are ruled out because a firm lower limit on $Ω_{0}$ is significantly larger. This directly demonstrates for the first time the existence of intrinsic evolution in the Lyman-$α$ forest.
dc.description6 pages, LaTeX, uses l-aa.sty and epsf.sty to include 4 PostScript figures. See also http://www.hs.uni-hamburg.de/english/persons/helbig/Research/Publications/Inf o/lyman-alpha.html where additional data are also available. Paper version available on request. Submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9607117
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9607117
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/10579
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleEvolution in the Lyman-alpha forest
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