A lower limit of δz>0.06 for the duration of the reionization epoch

Nature

Volumn 468, Issue 7325, 2010, Pages 796-798

  Bowman, Judd D ^a   Rogers, Alan E E ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; SPECTRUM; SYNCHRONY; TIMESCALE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; IONIZATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIONIZATION; SPECTRUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY;

EID: 78650126832     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09601     Document Type: Article

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