Reionization of the Intergalactic Medium and its Effect on the CMB
| dc.creator | Haiman, Zoltan | |
| dc.creator | Knox, Lloyd | |
| dc.date | 1999-02-22 | |
| dc.date | 1999-03-26 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:30:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:30:33Z | |
| dc.description | The bulk of the hydrogen in the universe transformed from neutral to ionized somewhere in the redshift interval 5 < z < 40, most likely due to ionizing photons produced by an early generation of stars or mini-quasars. The resulting free electrons, interacting with the CMB photons via Thomson scattering, are a mixed blessing, providing both a probe of the epoch of the first stars and a contaminant to the pristine primary anisotropy. Here we review our current knowledge of reionization with emphasis on inhomogeneities and describe the possible connections to CMB anisotropy. | |
| dc.description | Invited Review in "Microwave Foregounds", editors A. de Oliveira-Costa & M. Tegmark (ASP: San Francisco), 15 pages with 3 included figures. "Microwave Foregrounds", eds. A. De Oliveira-Costa & M. Tegmark (ASP, San Francisco, 1999) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9902311 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9902311 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/13852 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Reionization of the Intergalactic Medium and its Effect on the CMB | |
| dc.type | text |