List of works - George D. Becker

The neutral hydrogen cosmological mass density atz= 5

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

The Giant Gemini GMOS survey of zem > 4.4 quasars – I. Measuring the mean free path across cosmic time

scientific article published on 14 October 2014

A Population of Faint Extended Line Emitters and the Host Galaxies of Optically Thick QSO Absorption Systems

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Filamentary infall of cold gas and escape of Lyα and hydrogen ionizing radiation from an interacting high-redshift galaxy★

scientific article

High-redshift starbursting dwarf galaxies revealed by {gamma}-ray burst afterglows

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Extended and filamentary Ly{alpha} emission from the formation of a protogalactic halo at z = 2.63

scientific article published in January 2013

Supernova Remnants in the Fossil Starburst in M82

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

The evolution of optical depth in the Ly{alpha} forest: evidence against reionization at z~6

scientific article

First Constraints on Fuzzy Dark Matter from Lyman-α Forest Data and Hydrodynamical Simulations

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Evidence of patchy hydrogen reionization from an extreme Lyα trough below redshift six

scientific article

How Cold Is Cold Dark Matter? Small-Scales Constraints from the Flux Power Spectrum of the High-Redshift Lyman-αForest

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

XQ-100: A legacy survey of one hundred 3.5 ≲z≲ 4.5 quasars observed with VLT/X-shooter

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Stellar population effects on the inferred photon density at reionization

scientific article published in January 2016

Discovery of excess O I absorption toward the z=6.42 QSO SDSS J1148+5251

DES J0454-4448: discovery of the first luminous z >= 6 quasar from the Dark Energy Survey

scientific article

Warm dark matter as a solution to the small scale crisis: New constraints from high redshift Lyman-αforest data

article

Expansion and collapse in the cosmic web

scientific article published in January 2005

New constraints on the free-streaming of warm dark matter from intermediate and small scale Lyman- α forest data

article

Resolving the high redshift Lyα forest in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations

scholarly article

Thermal constraints on the reionization of hydrogen by Population II stellar sources

scientific article

Improved measurements of the intergalactic medium temperature around quasars: possible evidence for the initial stages of He ii reionization at z ≃ 6

scientific article

Iron and {alpha}-element production in the first one billion years after the Big Bang

scientific article published in January 2012

New measurements of the ionizing ultraviolet background over 2 < z < 5 and implications for hydrogen reionization

scholarly article

Constraining the temperature–density relation of the intergalactic medium with the Lyman α and β forests

High-redshift metals. I. The decline of C IV at z > 5.3

scientific article published in January 2009

Re-examining the case for neutral gas near the redshift 7 quasar ULAS J1120+0641

scientific article published in January 2015

Testing metallicity indicators at z ~ 1.4 with the gravitationally lensed galaxy CASSOWARY 20

scientific article published in January 2014

Detection of extended He ii reionization in the temperature evolution of the intergalactic medium★

scientific article

The physical conditions of a lensed star-forming galaxy at z = 1.7

scientific article published in January 2011

Large-scale correlations in the Ly{alpha} forest at z = 3-4

scientific article published in January 2004

The thermal history of the intergalactic medium down to redshift z = 1.5: a new curvature measurement

scientific article

Probing the metallicity and ionization state of the circumgalactic medium at z ∼ 6 and beyond with O i absorption

scientific article

A first direct measurement of the intergalactic medium temperature around a quasar at z= 6

scholarly article

Determining the Nature of Late Gunn–Peterson Troughs with Galaxy Surveys

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Cosmic Reionization on Computers: Properties of the Post-reionization IGM

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The transitional stripped-envelope SN 2008ax: spectral evolution and evidence for large asphericity

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Revealing Reionization with the Thermal History of the Intergalactic Medium: New Constraints from the Lyα Flux Power Spectrum

scholarly article

A refined measurement of the mean transmitted flux in the Lyα forest over 2 < z < 5 using composite quasar spectra

scientific article

Measurements of the ultraviolet background at 4.6 < z < 6.4 using the quasar proximity effect★

scholarly article

The Lyman-alpha forest power spectrum from the XQ-100 Legacy Survey

scientific article

Metals in thez∼ 3 intergalactic medium: results from an ultra-high signal-to-noise ratio UVES quasar spectrum

scientific article

A consistent determination of the temperature of the intergalactic medium at redshift 〈z〉 = 2.4

scientific article

Evidence for Large-scale Fluctuations in the Metagalactic Ionizing Background Near Redshift Six

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

High-redshift metals. II. Probing reionization galaxies with low-ionization absorption lines at redshift six

scholarly article

A new measurement of the intergalactic temperature at z ∼ 2.55–2.95

scientific article

Observations of the Lyman series forest towards the redshift 7.1 quasar ULAS J1120+0641

scientific article published in January 2017

Reionisation and High-Redshift Galaxies: The View from Quasar Absorption Lines

The photoheating of the intergalactic medium in synthesis models of the UV background

scholarly article

A deep search for metals near redshift 7: the line of sight towards ULAS J1120+0641

article by Bosman S. E. I. et al published 2017 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Nature and statistical properties of quasar associated absorption systems in the XQ-100 Legacy Survey

scholarly article

List of works by George D. Becker

The neutral hydrogen cosmological mass density atz= 5

The Giant Gemini GMOS survey of zem > 4.4 quasars – I. Measuring the mean free path across cosmic time

A Population of Faint Extended Line Emitters and the Host Galaxies of Optically Thick QSO Absorption Systems

Filamentary infall of cold gas and escape of Lyα and hydrogen ionizing radiation from an interacting high-redshift galaxy★

High-redshift starbursting dwarf galaxies revealed by {gamma}-ray burst afterglows

Extended and filamentary Ly{alpha} emission from the formation of a protogalactic halo at z = 2.63

Supernova Remnants in the Fossil Starburst in M82

The evolution of optical depth in the Ly{alpha} forest: evidence against reionization at z~6

First Constraints on Fuzzy Dark Matter from Lyman-α Forest Data and Hydrodynamical Simulations

Evidence of patchy hydrogen reionization from an extreme Lyα trough below redshift six

How Cold Is Cold Dark Matter? Small-Scales Constraints from the Flux Power Spectrum of the High-Redshift Lyman-αForest

XQ-100: A legacy survey of one hundred 3.5 ≲z≲ 4.5 quasars observed with VLT/X-shooter

Stellar population effects on the inferred photon density at reionization

Discovery of excess O I absorption toward the z=6.42 QSO SDSS J1148+5251

DES J0454-4448: discovery of the first luminous z >= 6 quasar from the Dark Energy Survey

Warm dark matter as a solution to the small scale crisis: New constraints from high redshift Lyman-αforest data

Expansion and collapse in the cosmic web

New constraints on the free-streaming of warm dark matter from intermediate and small scale Lyman- α forest data

Resolving the high redshift Lyα forest in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations

Thermal constraints on the reionization of hydrogen by Population II stellar sources

Improved measurements of the intergalactic medium temperature around quasars: possible evidence for the initial stages of He ii reionization at z ≃ 6

Iron and {alpha}-element production in the first one billion years after the Big Bang

New measurements of the ionizing ultraviolet background over 2 < z < 5 and implications for hydrogen reionization

Constraining the temperature–density relation of the intergalactic medium with the Lyman α and β forests

High-redshift metals. I. The decline of C IV at z > 5.3

Re-examining the case for neutral gas near the redshift 7 quasar ULAS J1120+0641

Testing metallicity indicators at z ~ 1.4 with the gravitationally lensed galaxy CASSOWARY 20

Detection of extended He ii reionization in the temperature evolution of the intergalactic medium★

The physical conditions of a lensed star-forming galaxy at z = 1.7

Large-scale correlations in the Ly{alpha} forest at z = 3-4

The thermal history of the intergalactic medium down to redshift z = 1.5: a new curvature measurement

Probing the metallicity and ionization state of the circumgalactic medium at z ∼ 6 and beyond with O i absorption

A first direct measurement of the intergalactic medium temperature around a quasar at z= 6

Determining the Nature of Late Gunn–Peterson Troughs with Galaxy Surveys

Cosmic Reionization on Computers: Properties of the Post-reionization IGM

The transitional stripped-envelope SN 2008ax: spectral evolution and evidence for large asphericity

Revealing Reionization with the Thermal History of the Intergalactic Medium: New Constraints from the Lyα Flux Power Spectrum

A refined measurement of the mean transmitted flux in the Lyα forest over 2 < z < 5 using composite quasar spectra

Measurements of the ultraviolet background at 4.6 < z < 6.4 using the quasar proximity effect★

The Lyman-alpha forest power spectrum from the XQ-100 Legacy Survey

Metals in thez∼ 3 intergalactic medium: results from an ultra-high signal-to-noise ratio UVES quasar spectrum

A consistent determination of the temperature of the intergalactic medium at redshift 〈z〉 = 2.4

Evidence for Large-scale Fluctuations in the Metagalactic Ionizing Background Near Redshift Six

High-redshift metals. II. Probing reionization galaxies with low-ionization absorption lines at redshift six

A new measurement of the intergalactic temperature at z ∼ 2.55–2.95

Observations of the Lyman series forest towards the redshift 7.1 quasar ULAS J1120+0641

Reionisation and High-Redshift Galaxies: The View from Quasar Absorption Lines

The photoheating of the intergalactic medium in synthesis models of the UV background

A deep search for metals near redshift 7: the line of sight towards ULAS J1120+0641

Nature and statistical properties of quasar associated absorption systems in the XQ-100 Legacy Survey