Star Formation in a Cosmological Simulation of Reionization
Astrophysics
2010-11-11 v2
Abstract
We study the luminosity functions of high-redshift galaxies in detailed hydrodynamic simulations of cosmic reionization, which are designed to reproduce the evolution of the Lyman-alpha forest between z=5 and z=6. We find that the luminosity functions and total stellar mass densities are in agreement with observations when plausible assumptions about reddenning at z=6 are made. Our simulations support the conclusion that stars alone reionized the universe.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0610057,
title = {Star Formation in a Cosmological Simulation of Reionization},
author = {A. Gayler Harford and Nickolay Y. Gnedin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0610057},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in ApJ