Water Formation During the Epoch of First Metal Enrichment
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2015-05-22 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract
We demonstrate that high abundances of water vapor could have existed in extremely low metallicity ( solar) partially shielded gas, during the epoch of first metal enrichment of the interstellar medium of galaxies at high redshifts.
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@article{arxiv.1503.03475,
title = {Water Formation During the Epoch of First Metal Enrichment},
author = {Shmuel Bialy and Amiel Sternberg and Abraham Loeb},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.03475},
year = {2015}
}
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5 pages, 2 figures. ApJ Letters Accepted