Inferring the IGM thermal history during reionisation with the Lyman-α forest power spectrum at redshift z ≃ 5

We use cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to assess the feasibility of constraining the thermal history of the intergalactic medium during reionisation with the Lyα forest at z ≃ 5. The integrated thermal history has a measureable impact on the transmitted flux power spectrum that can be isolat...

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Main Authors: Nasir, Fahad, Bolton, James S., Becker, George D.
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37041/