Reionization: Characteristic Scales, Topology and Observability
Abstract
Recently the numerical simulations of the process of reionization of the universe at z>6 have made a qualitative leap forward, reaching sufficient sizes and dynamic range to determine the characteristic scales of this process. This allowed making the first realistic predictions for a variety of observational signatures. We discuss recent results from large-scale radiative transfer and structure formation simulations on the observability of high-redshift Ly-alpha sources. We also briefly discuss the dependence of the characteristic scales and topology of the ionized and neutral patches on the reionization parameters.
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@article{arxiv.0710.2451,
title = {Reionization: Characteristic Scales, Topology and Observability},
author = {Ilian T. Iliev and Paul R. Shapiro and Garrelt Mellema and Ue-Li Pen and Patrick McDonald and Marcelo A. Alvarez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.2451},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 5 figures (4 in color), to appear in Astronomy and Space Science special issue "Space Astronomy: The UV window to the Universe", proceedings of 1st NUVA Conference ``Space Astronomy: The UV window to the Universe'' in El Escorial (Spain)