All Outputs (5)

The Lyman α forest power spectrum from the XQ-100 legacy survey (2016)
Journal Article

We present the Lyman α flux power spectrum measurements of the XQ-100 sample of quasar spectra obtained in the context of the European Southern Observatory Large Programme ‘Quasars and their absorption lines: a legacy survey of the high redshift univ... Read More about The Lyman α forest power spectrum from the XQ-100 legacy survey.

Exploring the thermal state of the low-density intergalactic medium at z = 3 with an ultra-high signal-to-noise QSO spectrum (2016)
Journal Article

At low densities, the standard ionization history of the intergalactic medium (IGM) predicts a decreasing temperature of the IGM with decreasing density once hydrogen (and helium) reionization is complete. Heating the high-redshift, low-density IGM a... Read More about Exploring the thermal state of the low-density intergalactic medium at z = 3 with an ultra-high signal-to-noise QSO spectrum.

The Sherwood simulation suite: overview and data comparisons with the Lyman-α forest at redshifts 2≤z≤5 (2016)
Journal Article

We introduce a new set of large-scale, high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations of the intergalactic medium: the Sherwood simulation suite. These are performed in volumes of 103–1603h−3 comoving Mpc3, span almost four orders of magnitude in mass re... Read More about The Sherwood simulation suite: overview and data comparisons with the Lyman-α forest at redshifts 2≤z≤5.

Inferring the IGM thermal history during reionization with the Lyman α forest power spectrum at redshiftz≃ 5 (2016)
Journal Article

We use cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to assess the feasibility of constraining the thermal history of the intergalactic medium during reionisation with the Lyα forest at z ≃ 5. The integrated thermal history has a measureable impact on the... Read More about Inferring the IGM thermal history during reionization with the Lyman α forest power spectrum at redshiftz≃ 5.

Testing the effect of galactic feedback on the IGM at z∼ 6 with metal-line absorbers (2016)
Journal Article

We present models of low- and high-ionization metal-line absorbers (O i, C ii, C iv and Mg ii) during the end of the reionization epoch, at z ∼ 6. Using four cosmological hydrodynamical simulations with different feedback schemes (including the Illus... Read More about Testing the effect of galactic feedback on the IGM at z∼ 6 with metal-line absorbers.