A characteristic size of ∼10 Mpc for the ionized bubbles at the end of cosmic reionization

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7014, 2004, Pages 194-196

  Wyithe, J Stuart B ^a   Loeb, Abraham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COSMIC RAYS; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADIO SYSTEMS;

BIG BANG; COSMIC REIONIZATION; IONIZED BUBBLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

GALAXIES;

BUBBLE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COSMOS; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION; MEASUREMENT; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 9144242691     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03033     Document Type: Article

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