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Lyman continuum escape
  گریز ِ پیوستار ِ لایمن  
goriz-e peyvastâr-e Lyman
Fr.: échappement du continuum de Lyman  

The process whereby → Lyman continuum photons produced by → massive stars escape from a galaxy without being absorbed by interstellar material. Some observations indicate that the Lyman continuum escape fraction evolves with → redshift.

See also: → Lyman; → continuum; → escape.