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27 January 2011

On Lyman-limit Systems

On Lyman-limit Systems and the Evolution of the Intergalactic Ionizing Background
Authors: Matthew McQuinn, S. Peng Oh, Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere
http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.1964v1

The authors use cosmological simulations to study the properties of Lyman-limit systems at 3 < z < 6 and the relation between the ionising emissivity of galaxies and the amplitude of the intergalactic ionising background. This could explain the rapid decrease in the Ly-alpha forest transmission observed around z=6 without invoking reionisation.
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