The Role of H2 Molecules in Cosmological Structure Formation

Simple item page
dc.creatorAbel, Tom
dc.creatorHaiman, Zoltan
dc.date2000-02-01
dc.date2000-02-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T01:52:03Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T01:52:03Z
dc.descriptionWe review the relevance of H2 molecules for structure formation in cosmology. Molecules are important at high redshifts, when the first collapsed structures appear with typical temperatures of a few hundred Kelvin. In these chemically pristine clouds, radiative cooling is dominated H2 molecules. As a result, H2 ``astro-chemistry'' is likely to determine the epoch when the first astrophysical objects appear. We summarize results of recent three-dimensional simulations. A discussion of the effects of feedback, and implications for the reionization of the universe is also given.
dc.description9 pages, Invited Review in "H2 in Space", Paris, France, 28 September-1st October 1999, ed. F. Combes and Guillaume Pineau des Forets
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002031
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002031
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/495
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Role of H2 Molecules in Cosmological Structure Formation
dc.typetext

Files

Collections

arXiv