Constraining reionization using 21 cm observations in combination with CMB and Lyman-alpha forest data

Details Constraining reionization using 21 cm observations in combination with CMB and Lyman-alpha forest data Constraining reionization using 21 cm observations in combination with CMB and Lyman-alpha forest data

2009-08-26

arxiv.org/abs/0908.3891v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

15 pages, 16 figures, submitted to MNRAS

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In this paper, we explore the constraints on the reionization history that are provided by current observations of the Lyman-alpha forest and the CMB. Rather than using a particular semi-analytic model, we take the novel approach of parametrizing the ionizing sources with arbitrary functions, and perform likelihood analyses to constrain possible reionization histories. We find model independent conclusions that reionization is likely to be mostly complete by z=8 and that the IGM was 50% ionized at z=9-10. Upcoming low-frequency observations of the redshifted 21 cm line of neutral hydrogen are expected to place significantly better constraints on the hydrogen neutral fraction at 6

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