Forecasting constraints on the mean free path of ionizing photons at z ≥ 5.4 from the Lyman-α forest flux autocorrelation function

(Cosmology:) dark agesReionizationFirst stars(Galaxies:) intergalactic medium(Galaxies:) quasars: absorption linesMethods: statisticalAstrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic AstrophysicsAstrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies