Searching for the earliest galaxies in the 21 cm forest

Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1124-1129

  Xu, Yidong ^a,b,c,d   Andrea, Ferrara ^c   Kitaura, Francisco S ^c   Chen, Xuelei ^a,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Dwarf galaxies; High redshift galaxies; Radio absorption lines

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIRECT PROBE; DWARF GALAXIES; EQUIVALENT WIDTH; H II REGIONS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH-REDSHIFT; LINE ABSORPTION; LINE OF SIGHT; NEAR-IR; RADIO SOURCES; RED SHIFT; REIONIZATION; SELECTION CRITERIA; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS;

ABSORPTION; COSMOLOGY; PROBES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 80755187748     PISSN: 16747348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11433-010-3208-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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