English Explanatory Dictionary

Lyman-alpha forest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A series of absorption lines in the spectra of distant galaxies and quasars, arising from the Lyman-alpha electron transition of the neutral hydrogen atom.

Word forms

Lyman-alpha forest the Lyman-alpha forest
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