Lines of sight through randomly oriented flattened spheroids; quasar absorption cloud sizes
Abstract
Randomly oriented flattened spheroids have been used to describe a broad range of astrophysical phenomena. Here we use this geometric approach to derive equations representing lines of sight through quasar absorption clouds to constrain cloud sizes.
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