Simulations of Cosmic Reionization : Shapes & Sizes of H II regions around Galaxies and Quasars

After the era of recombination, roughly 360 000 years after the big bang (redshift 1100), the universe was neutral, continued to expand and eventually the first gravitationally collapsed structures capable of forming stars, formed. Observations show that approximately 1 billion years later (redshift...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedrich, Martina M.
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för astronomi 2012
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-72409
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7447-448-0