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Gunn-Peterson trough en · NOUN

Etymology

From the theoreticians who predicted this effect, astronomers James E. Gunn and Bruce Peterson, which creates a lack of radiation at a span of wavelengths.

Meanings

  1. A feature in astronomical spectrometry of distant light, caused by the Reionization Era's absorption of UV light, leaving a gap in the spectrum.

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Gunn-Peterson troughs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

Reionization Epoch · Lyman-alpha forest · Epoch of Reionization · Era of Reionization · Reionization Era

wikipedia: James E. Gunn (astronomer)