The Reionization of the Universe by the first stars and quasars

Oct, 2000
60 pages
Published in:
  • Ann.Rev.Astron.Astrophys. 39 (2001) 19-66
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The first light from stars and quasars ended the ``dark ages'' of the universe and led to the reionization of hydrogen by redshift 7. Current observations are at the threshold of probing this epoch. The study of high-redshift sources is likely to attract major attention in observational and theoretical cosmology over the next decade.
Note:
  • 60 pages, including 21 figures: to be published in the 2001 Volume of Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics: A more extensive review, for Physics Reports, is also available, with a different astro-ph number, or at http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~barkana/review.html
  • COSMOLOGY
  • FIRST GALAXIES
  • IGM