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An estimate for the number of ionizing photons per baryon as a function of redshift is computed based on the plausible extrapolation of the observed galaxy UV luminosity function and the latest results on the properties of the escape…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Nickolay Y. Gnedin

We present a new analysis of the ionizing emissivity ($\dot{N}_{\rm{ion}}$, s$^{-1}$ Mpc$^{-3}$) for galaxies during the epoch of reionization and their potential for completing and maintaining reionization. We use extensive SED modelling…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-11 Kenneth Duncan , Christopher J Conselice

We use a set of semi-numerical simulations based on Zel'dovich approximation, friends-of-friends algorithm and excursion set formalism to generate reionization maps of high dynamic range with a range of assumptions regarding the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Roy Choudhury , M. G. Haehnelt , J. Regan

The escape fraction of ionising photons from galaxies ($f_\mathrm{esc}$) is a key parameter for understanding how intergalactic hydrogen became reionised, but it remains mostly unconstrained. Measurements have been limited to the average…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-04 Kimi C. Kreilgaard , Charlotte A. Mason , Fergus Cullen , Ryan Begley , Ross J. McLure

A population of early star-forming galaxies is the leading candidate for the re-ionization of the universe. It is still unclear what conditions and physical processes would enable a significant fraction of the ionizing photons to escape…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-16 Rachael Alexandroff , Timothy Heckman , Sanchayeeta Borthakur , Roderik Overzier , Claus Leitherer

We explore the impact of incorporating physically motivated ionisation and recombination rates on the history and topology of cosmic reionisation, by incorporating inputs from small-volume hydrodynamic simulations into a semi-numerical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-08 Sultan Hassan , Romeel Davé , Kristian Finlator , Mario G. Santos

One of the most promising probes to constrain the reionization history of the universe is the power spectrum of neutral hydrogen 21 cm emission fluctuations. The corresponding analyses require computationally efficient modelling of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-21 Barun Maity , Tirthankar Roy Choudhury

The end of the Cosmic Dark Age marked the onset of reionization, driven by extreme-UV photons from the first galaxies. Direct detection of such photons has remained challenging due to strong intergalactic attenuation. Here, we report the…

The escape fraction, f_{esc}, of ionizing photons from high-redshift galaxies is a key parameter to understand cosmic reionization and star formation history. Yet, in spite of many efforts, it remains largely uncertain. We propose a novel,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Sourav Mitra , Andrea Ferrara , T. Roy Choudhury

We present a series of high-resolution (20-2000 Msun, 0.1-4 pc) cosmological zoom-in simulations at z~6 from the Feedback In Realistic Environment (FIRE) project. These simulations cover halo masses 10^9-10^11 Msun and rest-frame…

Compact, low-mass galaxies with strong nebular emission are considered promising candidates for efficient ionizing photon production and escape. We present a spatially resolved analysis of 189 galaxies at redshifts $z \sim 6.7-7.6$ in JADES…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-23 Cheqiu Lyu , Enci Wang , Junxian Wang , Cheng Jia , Jie Song , Yangyao Chen , Zeyu Chen , Haoran Yu , Chengyu Ma , Jinyang Wang , Yifan Wang , Xu Kong

The escape fraction of ionizing photons from galaxies is a crucial quantity controlling the cosmic ionizing background radiation and the reionization. Various estimates of this parameter can be obtained in the redshift range, z=0--6, either…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Akio K. Inoue , Ikuru Iwata , Jean-Michel Deharveng

We investigate the properties of the galaxies that reionized the Universe and the history of cosmic reionization using the "Evolution and Assembly of GaLaxies and their environments" (EAGLE) cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-19 Mahavir Sharma , Tom Theuns , Carlos Frenk , Richard G. Bower , Robert A. Crain , Matthieu Schaller , Joop Schaye

In this work we investigate the dependence of the escape fraction of ionizing photons, $f_{\rm esc}$, on various galaxy and host halo properties during the epoch of reionization. We post-process the TNG50 magneto-hydrodynamical simulation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-29 Ivan Kostyuk , Dylan Nelson , Benedetta Ciardi , Martin Glatzle , Annalisa Pillepich

JWST is providing constraints on the history of reionization owing to its ability to detect faint galaxies at $z\gg6$. Modeling this history requires understanding both the ionizing photon production rate ($\xi_{\rm ion}$) and the fraction…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-22 Nicholas Choustikov , Richard Stiskalek , Aayush Saxena , Harley Katz , Julien Devriendt , Adrianne Slyz

The escape fraction, fesc, of ionizing photons from early galaxies is a crucial parameter for determining whether the observed galaxies at z > 6 are able to reionize the high-redshift intergalactic medium. Previous attempts to measure fesc…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-28 Elizabeth R. Fernandez , J. Michael Shull

We have modelled the process of reionization of the IGM by photoionization by galaxies, in order to predict the epoch of reionization. We use a sophisticated semi-analytic model to track the formation of galaxies. Our study represents a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. J. Benson , Naoshi Sugiyama , Adi Nusser , C. G. Lacey

The fraction of ionizing photons that escape their host galaxies to ionize hydrogen in the inter-galactic medium (IGM) is a critical parameter in analyses of the reionization era. In this paper we use the Meraxes semi-analytic galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-11 Simon J. Mutch , Bradley Greig , Yuxiang Qin , Gregory B. Poole , J. Stuart B. Wyithe

We present model calculations of the reionization history of hydrogen using star formation histories, computed with a galaxy formation model which reproduces properties of local dwarf galaxies and UV luminosity functions of galaxies at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-12 Zewei Wu , Andrey Kravtsov , Harley Katz

The reionization epoch concludes when ionizing photons reach every corner of the Universe. Reionization has generally been assumed to be limited primarily by the rate at which galaxies produce ionizing photons, but the recent measurement of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-22 Frederick B. Davies , Sarah E. I. Bosman , Steven R. Furlanetto , George D. Becker , Anson D'Aloisio