Description
This is the first measurement and detection of coherence in the intergalactic medium (IGM) at substantially high redshift (z~3.8) and on large physical scales (~2.5h^-1^_70_Mpc). We perform the measurement by presenting new observations of the high-redshift quasar pair PC 1643+4631A, B and their Ly{alpha}-absorber coincidences. With data collected from Keck I Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (LRIS) in a 10200s integration, we have full coverage of the Ly{alpha} forest over the redshift range 2.6<z<3.8 at a resolution of 3.6{AA} (~220km/s).
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