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Early star-forming galaxies and the reionization of the Universe

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  • Brant E. Robertson

    (California Institute of Technology, MC 249-17, Pasadena, California 91125, USA)

  • Richard S. Ellis

    (California Institute of Technology, MC 249-17, Pasadena, California 91125, USA)

  • James S. Dunlop

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)

  • Ross J. McLure

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)

  • Daniel P. Stark

    (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge)

Abstract

Cosmic history: the early years The transformation of neutral hydrogen located in the intergalactic medium into an ionized state was a major event in early cosmic history. The sensitive observations now possible with the Wide Field Camera 3, installed on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in 2009, have revealed a population of galaxies at redshifts of z >7, corresponding to a period when the Universe was only about 800 million years old. In a Review, Robertson et al. discuss the picture of events in the early Universe that is emerging from analysis of the HST data and address a fundamental question in modern astrophysics: was the intense radiation from the early galaxies sufficient to induce the reionization of the Universe?

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  • Brant E. Robertson & Richard S. Ellis & James S. Dunlop & Ross J. McLure & Daniel P. Stark, 2010. "Early star-forming galaxies and the reionization of the Universe," Nature, Nature, vol. 468(7320), pages 49-55, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:468:y:2010:i:7320:d:10.1038_nature09527
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09527
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