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The First Light seen in the redshifted 21-cm radiation

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We show how the investigation of the redshifted 21-cm radiation can give insight into the development of structures in the early universe (at redshifts z>5). In particular we investigate: the epoch of the first light; the fluctuations in the redshifted 21-cm emission induced by the density inhomogeneities in CDM dominated universes; the emission and absorption shells that are generated around the first bright quasars. Such features can be observed with the next generation radio facilities.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9905199,
  title  = {The First Light seen in the redshifted 21-cm radiation},
  author = {Paolo Tozzi and Piero Madau and Avery Meiksin and Martin J. Rees},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9905199},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

8 pages, including 7 figures, to appear in: Proc. 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, Paris, France, Dec. 1998