On the size of H II regions around high-redshift quasars
Abstract
We investigate the possibility of constraining the ionization state of the Intergalactic Medium (IGM) close to the end of re-ionization (z≈6) by measuring the size of the H II regions in high-z quasars spectra, via a combination of SPH and 3D radiative transfer (RT) simulations and a statistical analysis of mock quasar spectra through the simulated cosmological volume.
- Publication:
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Highlights of Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- August 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921307010435
- Bibcode:
- 2007HiA....14..260M
- Keywords:
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- cosmology: theory;
- radiative transfer;
- methods: numerical;
- intergalactic medium;
- cosmology: large scale structure of Universe