A wide-area search for high redshift Lyman alpha haloes

In this thesis I present our wide-field narrow-band survey, designed to locate the brightest and rarest Lyman 0: haloes at redshifts around 3. I describe the technical aspects of our survey, such as the observing strategy and sensitivity, and calculate our ability to measure Equivalent ·Widths, w...

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Main Author: Smith, Daniel J. B.
Published: University of Oxford 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491965