Physics of the Intergalactic Medium During the Epoch of Reionization
@article{Lidz2016PhysicsOT, title={Physics of the Intergalactic Medium During the Epoch of Reionization}, author={Adam Lidz}, journal={arXiv: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics}, year={2016}, pages={23-63} }
A major goal of observational and theoretical cosmology is to observe the largely unexplored time period in the history of our universe when the first galaxies form, and to interpret these measurements. Early galaxies dramatically impacted the gas around them in the surrounding intergalactic medium (IGM) by photoionzing the gas during the “Epoch of Reionization” (EoR). This epoch likely spanned an extended stretch in cosmic time: ionized regions formed and grew around early generations of…
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