neutral hydrogen absorber
C40746
concept
A neutral hydrogen absorber is an astronomical system or region containing sufficient neutral hydrogen gas to produce detectable absorption features, typically in the Lyman series, in the spectrum of a background light source such as a quasar or galaxy.
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damped Lyman-alpha systems
surface form:
damped Lyman-alpha system
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