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Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization

Challenges and Progress

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Editors:
  1. Andrei Mesinger

    1. Astronomy, Scuola Normale Superiore Astronomy, Pisa, Italy

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  • Brings together experts from diverse fields to create a comprehensive picture of reionization and the cosmic dawn of the Universe
  • Forms a timely guide for robustly interpreting the wave of recent and upcoming observations from Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and more
  • Provides a useful reference for experts on the latest developments in this rapidly-evolving frontier of cosmology and serves as a pedagogical and comprehensive guide for graduate students just embarking on their research careers
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 423)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Cosmic Reionization and the First Nonlinear Structures in the Universe

    • Zoltán Haiman
    Pages 1-22

  3. Physics of the Intergalactic Medium During the Epoch of Reionization

    • Adam Lidz
    Pages 23-63

  4. Star Formation for Predictive Primordial Galaxy Formation

    • Miloš Milosavljević, Chalence Safranek-Shrader
    Pages 65-109

  5. High-Redshift Galaxy Surveys and the Reionization of the Universe

    • Rychard Bouwens
    Pages 111-143

  6. Constraining Reionization with Lyα Emitting Galaxies

    • Mark Dijkstra
    Pages 145-161

  7. Metal Enrichment in the Reionization Epoch

    • Andrea Ferrara
    Pages 163-185

  8. Quasars as Probes of Cosmological Reionization

    • Daniel Mortlock
    Pages 187-226

  9. Observing the Epoch of Reionization with the Cosmic Microwave Background

    • Christian L. Reichardt
    Pages 227-245

  10. The 21-cm Line as a Probe of Reionization

    • Steven R. Furlanetto
    Pages 247-280

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 281-286
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About this book

The dawn of the first stars, galaxies and black holes signaled a fundamental milestone in our Universe’s evolution: the Epoch of Reionization. The light from these galactic ancestors began spreading out, ionizing virtually every atom in existence. Our Universe transitioned from darkness to light, from cold to hot, from simple and boring to the wondrous cosmic zoo we see around us today. Despite its importance, observations of reionization have been few, and their interpretation has been highly controversial. Fortunately, this is rapidly changing. We will soon enter the "Big Data” era of this mysterious epoch, driven by an upcoming wave of observations with state-of-the-art telescopes as well as new sophisticated analysis tools. 



The aim of this volume is to summarize the current status and future outlook of the reionization field. We bring together leading experts in many sub-disciplines, highlighting the measurements that will illuminate our understanding of reionization and the cosmic dawn: (i) 21cm interferometry; (ii) high-redshift quasar spectra; (iii) high-redshift galaxy surveys; (iv) primary and secondary anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background; (v) high-resolution studies of the metal content of early galaxies. We seek a roadmap to interpreting the wealth of upcoming observations. What is the best use of limited observational resources? How do we develop theoretical tools tailored for each observation? Ultimately, what will we learn about the epoch of reionization and our galactic ancestors?

Reviews

“This is an excellent introduction to the ‘Epoch of Reionization’. … It is very timely, as it is a relatively new frontier in several senses … . this is an excellent collection of articles that give a balanced and comprehensive review of the state of the subject, and it is thoroughly recommended for students embarking on the topic, for the wider community of cosmologists, and for experts in the field, who will probably also learn something new as well.” (Alan Heavens, The Observatory, Vol. 137 (1256), February, 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Astronomy, Scuola Normale Superiore Astronomy, Pisa, Italy

    Andrei Mesinger

About the editor

Andrei Mesinger is a Junior Professor at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa who received his PhD at Columbia. Dr. Mesinger was a Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow at the Princeton University Department of Astrophysical Sciences and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Physics Departments of Yale University and UCLA. His research interests are first light, reionization, high-redshift sources, and modeling techniques.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization

  • Book Subtitle: Challenges and Progress

  • Editors: Andrei Mesinger

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21957-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-21956-1Published: 15 December 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79372-6Published: 27 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-21957-8Published: 28 November 2015

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 286

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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