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Lyman Continuum Attenuation

Lyman Continuum Attenuation is a astrophysical phenomenon representing the reduction in intensity of far-ultraviolet photons below 912 Å due to absorption by neutral hydrogen and interstellar dust along the line of sight.

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Radiative transfer in a clumpy universe: The colors of high-redshift galaxies

Piero Madau · The Astrophysical Journal · 1995 · 1.2K citations

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An updated analytic model for attenuation by the intergalactic medium

Akio Inoue, Ikkoh Shimizu, Ikuru Iwata et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2014 · 457 citations · Full text

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The escape of Lyman-alpha radiation from a multiphase interstellar medium

David A. Neufeld · The Astrophysical Journal · 1991 · 329 citations

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Eight per cent leakage of Lyman continuum photons from a compact, star-forming dwarf galaxy

Y. I. Izotov, Ivana Orlitová, D. Schaerer et al. · Nature · 2016 · 283 citations · Full text

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The photoevaporation of interstellar clouds. II - Equilibrium cometary clouds

F. Bertoldi, Christopher F. McKee · The Astrophysical Journal · 1990 · 254 citations

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    D. Schaerer

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    10 publications · 1.2K citations

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    John Chisholm

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    6 publications · 540 citations

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  3. AV
    Anne Verhamme

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    6 publications · 869 citations

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  4. GW
    G. Worseck

    University of Potsdam, Germany

    5 publications · 808 citations

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  5. HC
    Henry C. Ferguson

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    5 publications · 613 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    25 publications

    2K citations

  2. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    14 h-index

    46 publications

    4.2K citations

  3. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie

    Toulouse, France

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    431 citations

  8. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 39 publications · 4K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    10 publications · 723 citations

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  4. Nature

    5 publications · 404 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 86 citations

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