Measuring Omega Baryon from the Helium Lyman-Alpha Forest

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1999-11-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9911394v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 Pages, 2 Figures, to appear in the proceedings of Clustering at High Redshift, IGRAP International Conference, Marseilles, J

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A new method to extract Omega_b from high redshift intergalactic absorption is described, based on the distribution of HeII Ly-alpha optical depths in the voids in the ionization zone of quasars. A preliminary estimate from recent HST-STIS spectra of PKS 1935-692 at z=3 gives Omega_b h^2 = 0.013^{+0.002}_{-0.001} (1-sigma statistical errors, for a Lambda-CDM cosmology with additional systematic uncertainties) consistent with other estimates.

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