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Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization, 1st ed. 2016
Challenges and Progress
Astrophysics and Space Science Library Series, Vol. 423
Coordinator: Mesinger Andrei
Language: EnglishSubject for Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization:
Keywords
Cosmic Background Radiation; Cosmic Dawn; Early Universe Astrophysics; First Light Cosmology; Future Observational Advances in Astrophysics; Galaxy Formation; Intergalactic Medium; Observational Probes of Reionization; Sloan Digital Sky Survey; Universe's Dark Ages; Visible Light's Emergence in Universe
Publication date: 03-2019
286 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 12-2015
Support: Print on demand
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Chapter 1: Cosmic Reionization and the First Nonlinear Structures in the Universe, Zolt´an Haiman.- Chapter 2: Physics of the Intergalactic Medium during the Epoch of Reionization, Adam Lidz.- Chapter 3: Quasars as Probes of Cosmological Reionization, Daniel J. Mortlock.- Chapter 4: Observing the Epoch of Reionization with the Cosmic Microwave Background, Christian L. Reichardt.- Chapter 5: The 21-cm Line as a Probe of Reionization, Steven R. Furlanetto.- Chapter 6: Constraining Reionization with Lya Emitting Galaxies, Mark Dijkstra.- Chapter 7: Metal Enrichment in the Reionization Epoch, Andrea Ferrara.
Brings together experts from diverse fields to create a comprehensive picture of reionization and the cosmic dawn of the Universe
Forms a timely guide for robustly interpreting the wave of recent and upcoming observations from Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and more
Provides a useful reference for experts on the latest developments in this rapidly-evolving frontier of cosmology and serves as a pedagogical and comprehensive guide for graduate students just embarking on their research careers
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras