The observable signature of late heating of the Universe during cosmic reionization

Nature

Volumn 506, Issue 7487, 2014, Pages 197-199

  Fialkov, Anastasia ^a,b   Barkana, Rennan ^a   Visbal, Eli ^c,d,e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84893930943     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12999     Document Type: Article

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