Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization Challenges and Progress /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mesinger, Andrei (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 423
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

The aim of this volume is to summarize the current status and future outlook of the reionization field on both the theoretical and observational fronts. It brings together leading experts in many sub-disciplines, highlighting the measurements that are likely to drive the growing understanding of rei...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Cosmic Reionization and the First Nonlinear Structures in the Universe, Zolt´an Haiman
• Chapter 2: Physics of the Intergalactic Medium during the Epoch of Reionization, Adam Lidz
• Chapter 3: Quasars as Probes of Cosmological Reionization, Daniel J. Mortlock
• Chapter 4: Observing the Epoch of Reionization with the Cosmic Microwave Background, Christian L. Reichardt
• Chapter 5: The 21-cm Line as a Probe of Reionization, Steven R. Furlanetto
• Chapter 6: Constraining Reionization with Lya Emitting Galaxies, Mark Dijkstra
• Chapter 7: Metal Enrichment in the Reionization Epoch, Andrea Ferrara.