Model-independent evidence in favour of an end to reionization by z ≈ 6

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 447, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 499-505

  McGreer, Ian D ^a   Mesinger, Andrei ^b   D'Odorico, Valentina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Dark ages; Diffuse radiation; Early universe; First stars; Galaxies: high redshift; Quasars: absorption lines; Reionization

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY;

COSMOLOGY OBSERVATIONS; DARK AGE; DIFFUSE RADIATION; EARLY UNIVERSE; FIRST STAR; GALAXIES:HIGH-REDSHIFT; MODEL INDEPENDENT; QUASARS ABSORPTION LINES; REIONIZATION; UPPER LIMITS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 84922462259     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu2449     Document Type: Article

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