First stars and the extragalactic background light: How recent γ-ray observations constrain the early universe

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 498, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-35

  Raue, M ^a   Kneiske, T ^b   Mazin, D ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cosmology: diffuse radiation; Cosmology: early Universe; Gamma rays: observations

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY: DIFFUSE RADIATION; COSMOLOGY: EARLY UNIVERSE; CUT-OFF; DIRECT OBSERVATION; EARLY UNIVERSE; EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT; GAMMA RAYS: OBSERVATIONS; H II REGIONS; HIGH ENERGY; INITIAL MASS; METAL ABUNDANCES; METALLICITY; MODEL CALCULATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POPULATION II; REDSHIFT RANGE; STAR FORMATION RATES; STELLAR POPULATIONS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

COSMOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; X RAY CAMERAS;

STARS;

EID: 66249126818     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200810396     Document Type: Article

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