Suppression of dwarf galaxy formation by cosmic reionization

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7091, 2006, Pages 322-324

  Wyithe, J Stuart B ^a   Loeb, Abraham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; RADIATION; TELESCOPES;

COSMIC HYDROGEN; DWARF GALAXY; LIMITING MASS; SPACE-BASED INFRARED TELESCOPES;

GALAXIES;

HYDROGEN;

COSMIC RAY; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; SCATTERING;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; IONIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 33745878799     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04748     Document Type: Article

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