Lyman-alpha forest
English
Proper noun
the
Lyman
-
alpha
forest
(
astronomy
)
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
.
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