How Did the IGM Become Enriched?
Astrophysics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
The enrichment of the intergalactic medium with heavy elements is a process that lies at the nexus of poorly-understood aspects of physical cosmology. We review current understanding of the processes that may remove metals from galaxies, the basic predictions of these models, the key observational constraints on enrichment, and how intergalactic enrichment may be used to test cosmological simulations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0611637,
title = {How Did the IGM Become Enriched?},
author = {Anthony Aguirre and Joop Schaye},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0611637},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages; To appear in the proceedings of the CRAL-Conference Series I "Chemodynamics: from first stars to local galaxies", Lyon 10-14 July 2006, France, Eds. Emsellem, Wozniak, Massacrier, Gonzalez, Devriendt, Champavert, EAS Publications Series