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The redshifted 21cm signal of neutral hydrogen from the epoch of reionization (EoR) is extremely weak and its first detection is therefore expected to be statistical with first-generation low-frequency radio interferometers. In this letter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Qian Zheng , Xiang-ping Wu , Jun-hua Gu , Jingying Wang , Haiguang Xu

We are in the golden age for the search for high-redshift galaxies, made possible by a combination of new instruments and innovative search techniques. One of the major aims of such searches is to constrain the epoch of reionization (EoR),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Pratika Dayal

A model of the density distribution in the intergalactic medium, motivated by that found in numerical simulations, is used to demonstrate the effect of a clumpy IGM and discrete sources on the reionization of the universe. In an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jordi Miralda-Escude , Martin Haehnelt , Martin J. Rees

We introduce the Evolution of 21-cm Structure (EOS) project: providing periodic, public releases of the latest cosmological 21-cm simulations. 21-cm interferometry is set to revolutionize studies of the Cosmic Dawn (CD) and epoch of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Andrei Mesinger , Bradley Greig , Emanuele Sobacchi

We present cosmological, radiation-hydrodynamics simulations of galaxy formation during the epoch of reionization in an effort towards modelling the interstellar medium (ISM) and interpreting ALMA observations. Simulations with and without…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-02 Harley Katz , Taysun Kimm , Debora Sijacki , Martin Haehnelt

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRSpec instrument will allow rest-frame ultraviolet/optical spectroscopy of galaxies in the epoch of reionization (EoR). Some galaxies may exhibit significant leakage of hydrogen-ionizing photons into…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-10 Sambit K. Giri , Erik Zackrisson , Christian Binggeli , Kristiaan Pelckmans , Rubén Cubo

Constraining the timescale and manner in which the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) occurred is a major JWST science goal. However, any constraints on the stellar or ionizing parameters (xi ion) of galaxies in the EoR must contend with biases…

Using hydrodynamical simulations coupled to a radiative transfer code, we study the additional heating effects in the intergalactic medium (IGM) produced by $z\sim 6$ quasars in their near-zones. If helium is predominantly in HeII to begin…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-13 Hamsa Padmanabhan , T. Roy Choudhury , R. Srianand

With improving telescopes, it may now be possible to observe the Epoch of Reionization in multiple ways. We examine two of these observables - the excess light in the near-infrared background that may be due to high redshift stars and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-19 Elizabeth R. Fernandez , Saleem Zaroubi , Ilian T. Iliev , Garrelt Mellema , Vibor Jelic

We use the photon flux and absorption tracer algorithm presented in Katz et al.~2018, to characterise the contribution of haloes of different mass and stars of different age and metallicity to the reionization of the Universe. We employ a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-05 Harley Katz , Taysun Kimm , Martin G. Haehnelt , Debora Sijacki , Joakim Rosdahl , Jeremy Blaizot

Intensity mapping provides a unique means to probe the epoch of reionization (EoR), when the neutral intergalactic medium was ionized by the energetic photons emitted from the first galaxies. The [CII] 158$\mu$m fine-structure line is…

We present new measurements of the intensity of the ionizing ultraviolet background and the global emissivity of ionizing photons over 2 < z < 5. Our results are based on a suite of updated measurements of physical properties of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 George D. Becker , James S. Bolton

Theoretical studies and current observations of the high-redshift intergalactic medium (IGM) indicate that at least two cosmic transitions occur by the time the universe reaches gas metallicities of about $10^{-3}$ of solar values. These…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Aparna Venkatesan

The history of the transition from a neutral intergalactic medium (IGM) to one that is almost fully ionized can reveal the character of cosmological ionizing sources and set important constraints on the stellar birthrate at high redshifts.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Piero Madau

The redshifted 21cm line of neutral hydrogen (Hi), potentially observable at low radio frequencies (~50-200 MHz), is a promising probe of the physical conditions of the inter-galactic medium during Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of Reionisation…

We study the reionization of Helium II by quasars using a numerical approach that combines 3D radiative transfer calculations with cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. Sources producing the ionizing radiation are selected according to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Aaron Sokasian , Tom Abel , Lars. E. Hernquist

The [OIII] 88 $\mu$m fine structure emission line has been detected into the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) from star-forming galaxies at redshifts $6 < z \lesssim 9$ with ALMA. These measurements provide valuable information regarding the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-07 Shengqi Yang , Adam Lidz , Gergö Popping

The 21cm signal of neutral hydrogen contains a wealth of information about the poorly constrained era of cosmological history, the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Recently, AI models trained on EoR simulations have gained significant attention…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-08 Jasper Solt , Jonathan C. Pober , Stephen H. Bach

In this paper we investigate how the Reionization process is affected by early galaxy formation in different cosmological scenarios. We use a semi-analytic model with suppressed initial power spectra to obtain the UV Luminosity Function in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-12 Massimiliano Romanello , Nicola Menci , Marco Castellano

Tomography of redshifted 21 cm transition from neutral Hydrogen using Fourier synthesis telescopes is a promising tool to study the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Limiting the confusion from Galactic and Extragalactic foregrounds is critical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Harish Vedantham , N. Udaya Shankar , Ravi Subrahmanyan