- KIM T.-S.
- Journal of the Korean astronomical society = 천문학회지
- 29, n.suppl1
- pp.39-40
- 1996
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Using the Keck 10 m telescope data with the HIRES spectrograph, we analyzed the evolution of Lyman<TEX>$\alpha$</TEX> forest clouds at z > 2 down to the HI column density <TEX>$10^{12.8}cm^{-2}$</TEX>. The number density per unit column density does not change with redshifts at lower HI cloumn density (<TEX>$N_{HI} < 10^{14}cm^{-2}$</TEX>), while the forest clouds at higher column density disappear rapidly. The cutoff b value, the thermal temperature indicator, increases as redshift decreases. The correlation strength seems to be stronger as redshift decreases.