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An improved measurement of the flux distribution of the Ly-alpha forest in QSO absorption spectra: the effect of continuum fitting, metal contamination and noise properties
T. -S. Kim, J. S. Bolton, M. Viel +2
We have performed an extensive Voigt profile analysis of the neutral hydrogen (HI) and metal absorption present in a sample of 18 high resolution, high signal-to-noise QSO spectra…
A Population of Faint Extended Line Emitters and the Host Galaxies of Optically Thick QSO Absorption Systems
Michael Rauch, Martin Haehnelt, Andrew Bunker +10
We have conducted a long slit search for low surface brightness Lyman-alpha emitters at redshift 2.67 < z < 3.75. A 92 hour long exposure with VLT/FORS2 down to a 1-sigma surface b…
Possible evidence for an inverted temperature-density relation in the intergalactic medium from the flux distribution of the Lyman-alpha forest
J. S. Bolton, M. Viel, T. -S. Kim +2
We compare the improved measurement of the Lya forest flux probability distribution at 1.7<z<3.2 presented by Kim et al. (2007) to a large set of hydrodynamical simulations of the…
How cold is cold dark matter? Small scales constraints from the flux power spectrum of the high-redshift Lyman-alpha forest
M. Viel, G. D. Becker, J. S. Bolton +3
We present constraints on the mass of warm dark matter (WDM) particles derived from the Lyman-alpha flux power spectrum of 55 high- resolution HIRES spectra at 2.0 < z < 6.4. From…
A closer look at using quasar near-zones as a probe of neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium
James S. Bolton, Martin G. Haehnelt
We examine a large set of synthetic quasar spectra to realistically assess the potential of using the relative sizes of highly ionized near-zones in the Lya and Lyb forest as a pro…
A combined analysis of 3D Weak Lensing, Lyman-alpha forest and WMAP year three data
J. Lesgourgues, M. Viel, M. G. Haehnelt +1
We present constraints on the amplitude and shape of the matter power spectrum and the density of dark matter within the framework of a standard LambdaCDM model. We use a Markov Ch…