Simulations of cosmic reionization
In this thesis we investigate numerically how ionizing photons emitted by stars in galaxies cause the reionization of the Universe, the transition during which most of the gas in the Universe from a mostly neutral, to a highly ionised state it is in today. To this end, we discuss and improve two tec...
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Durham University
2010
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512966 |