Peter Laursen

PhD Student

Research field and projects

• Numerical simulations of Lyman alpha radiative transfer in galaxies and the intergalactic medium
• The influence of dust on Lyman Alpha
• Observation of Lyman Alpha emission from damped Lyman Alpha absorbers
• Modeling observed Lyman alpha profiles
• Detectabiliy of galaxies during the Epoch of Reionization

Selected papers:

Lyα Resonant Scattering in Young Galaxies: Predictions from Cosmological Simulations ApJ, 657, p. 69L (2007)

Lyα Radiative Transfer with Dust: Escape Fractions from Simulated High-Redshift Galaxies ApJ, 704, 1640, (2009)

Lyα Radiative Transfer in Cosmological Simulations Using Adaptive Mesh Refinement ApJ, 696, 853, (2009)

Intergalactic Transmission and Its Impact on the Lyα Line ApJ, 728, 52, (2011)