.. _mean_free_path:

Mean free path of ionising photons
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**Field names**: 
"mean_free_path", "mfp", "lambda_mfp", "lambda_ion", "lambda_912", "mfp_912", "mfp_ion"

**Units**: 
Mpc/h

**Remarks**: 


**Required fields**: 
"redshift"


    
Data
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.. note::
    Hover on data points to visualize their coordinates and the source. Click on a legend entry to hide it, double
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    Circles indicate measurements. Upper-/lower-pointing triangles indicate upper/lower limits.

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    :file: ../plots/plots/mean_free_path.html


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.. _[open plot in separate tab]: ../plots/mean_free_path.html

Data sources
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.. note::
    
    Cannot find your favorite constraint? Consider :ref:`AddYourConstraint`!

* |Becker et al. 2021|

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   <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021MNRAS.508.1853B/abstract" target="_blank">Becker et al. 2021</a>

* |Bosman et al. 2021 (subm.)|

.. |Bosman et al. 2021 (subm.)| raw:: html

   <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210812446B/abstract" target="_blank">Bosman et al. 2021 (subm.)</a>

* |D'Aloisio et al. 2018|

.. |D'Aloisio et al. 2018| raw:: html

   <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRAS.473..560D/abstract" target="_blank">D'Aloisio et al. 2018</a>

* |Fumagalli et al. 2013|

.. |Fumagalli et al. 2013| raw:: html

   <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/775/1/78" target="_blank">Fumagalli et al. 2013</a>

* |Gaikwad et al. 2023|

.. |Gaikwad et al. 2023| raw:: html

   <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230402038G/abstract" target="_blank">Gaikwad et al. 2023</a>

* |O'Meara et al. 2013|

.. |O'Meara et al. 2013| raw:: html

   <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/765/2/137" target="_blank">O'Meara et al. 2013</a>

* |Prochaska et al. 2009|

.. |Prochaska et al. 2009| raw:: html

   <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/705/2/L113" target="_blank">Prochaska et al. 2009</a>

* |Worseck et al. 2014|

.. |Worseck et al. 2014| raw:: html

   <a href="https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/445/2/1745/1402824" target="_blank">Worseck et al. 2014</a>