Exploring the thermal state of the low-density intergalactic medium at z = 3 with an ultra-high signal-to-noise QSO spectrum

Exploring the thermal state of the low-density intergalactic medium at z = 3 with an ultra-high signal-to-noise QSO spectrum

At low densities, the standard ionization history of the intergalactic medium (IGM) predicts a decreasing temperature of the IGM with decreasing density once hydrogen (and helium) reionization is complete. Heating the high-redshift, low-density IGM above the temperature expected from photoheating is...

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Main Authors: Rorai, A., Becker, George D., Haehnelt, Martin G., Carswell, R.F., Bolton, James S., Cristiani, S., D'Odorico, V., Cupani, G., Barai, P., Calura, F., Kim, T.-S., Pomante, E., Tescari, E., Viel, Matteo
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Subjects:
intergalactic medium
quasars: absorption lines
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42517/

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