Publications

Featured Works

• New Constraints on the Free-Streaming of Warm Dark Matter from High-Redshift Lyman-α Forest Data
  V. Iršič, et al.
  Physical Review D 96, 023522 (2017)
• First Constraints on Fuzzy Dark Matter from Lyman-α Forest Data
  V. Iršič, et al.
  Physical Review Letters 119, 031302 (2017) Press Release
  University of Washington News →
• A measurement of the 3D Lyman-α forest power spectrum from eBOSS Data Release 16
  R. de Belsunce, V. Iršič, et al.
  MNRAS 533, 3756 (2024)
• The Lyman-α forest power spectrum from the XQ-100 Legacy Survey
  V. Iršič, et al.
  MNRAS 466, 4332 (2017)
• The Sherwood-Relics simulations: overview and impact of patchy reionization and pressure smoothing on the intergalactic medium
  E. Puchwein, J. S. Bolton, ..., V. Iršič, et al.
  MNRAS 519, 6162 (2023)

Recent Highlights (2024–2026)

• Ringing of the Reionization: A first direct measurement of the intergalactic pressure smoothing scale
  V. Iršič, et al.
  arXiv:2607.19938 (2026)
• Probing Primordial Magnetic Fields with the Lyman-α Forest
  M. Pavicevic, V. Iršič, et al.
  Physical Review Letters 135, 071001 (2025) Press Release
  University of Hertfordshire News →
• Unveiling Dark Matter free-streaming at the smallest scales with high redshift Lyman-α forest
  V. Iršič, et al.
  Physical Review D 109, 043511 (2024)
• Constraining Mixed Dark Matter models with high redshift Lyman-α forest data
  O. Garcia-Gallego, V. Iršič, et al.
  Physical Review D 112, 043502 (2025)
• Post-inflationary axion constraints from the Lyman-α forest
  O. Garcia-Gallego, V. Iršič, et al.
  arXiv:2603.04401 (2026)