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Table 2
Parameters of the fits of the Lyα-forest-quasar cross-correlation.
| Parameters | Description |
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| α∥, α⊥ | BAO peak position parameters (Eq. (21)) |
| b Lyα , β Lyα | Bias parameters for Lyα absorption (Eq. (25)) |
| bm, (βm = 0.5) | Biases parameters (Eq. (25)) of four metal species (Table 3) |
| σ v,QSO | Quasar radial velocity smearing (non-linear velocity and redshift measurement errors (Eq. (29)) |
| (b,β,L)HCD | Parameters of the unidentified high column density systems (HCD) (Eq. (31)) |
| b Γ , b ′ , λ UV | Parameters of the UV fluctuations. (b′,λUV) fixed to (− 2/3,300 h-1 Mpc) |
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Transverse proximity effect (Eq. (32)). λUV fixed to 300 h-1 Mpc |
| Δr∥ ,QSO | Shift of the cross-correlation due to systematic errors in the quasar redshift measurement (Eq. (35)) |
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| b QSO (= 3.87) | Quasar bias, fit in combined cross+auto fit. |
 (=0,0) |
Quasar radiation anisotropy and lifetime (Eq. (32)) |
| Σ = (Σ∥,Σ⊥) | Non-linear broadening of the BAO peak (Eq. (24)) |
| R = (R∥,R⊥) | Smoothing parameter for the binning of the correlation (Eq. (30)) |
| Apeak (=1) | BAO peak amplitude (Eq. (24)) |
| ai,j (=0) | Power-law broadband parameters (Eqs. (33)and (34)) |
| αLyα (=2.9) | Redshift evolution parameter for ba, the bias of absorbers (Eq. (27)) |
Notes. The first section of the table lists the parameters for the standard fitting procedure. The second section gives the parameters that are fixed in the standard fits. All biases, b, refer to the bias at z = 2.4.
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