Cosmological Reionization Around the First Stars: Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer

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2000-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0005181v2

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 324 (2001) 381

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 8 figures. Revised version, accepted for publication by MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04316.x

We study the evolution of ionization fronts around the first proto-galaxies by using high resolution numerical cosmological (Lambda+CDM model) simulations and Monte Carlo radiative transfer methods. We present the numerical scheme in detail and show the results of test runs from which we conclude that the scheme is both fast and accurate. As an example of interesting cosmological application, we study the reionization produced by a stellar source of total mass M=2 10^8 M_\odot turning on at z=12, located at a node of the cosmic web. The study includes a Spectral Energy Distribution of a zero-metallicity stellar population, and two Initial Mass Functions (Salpeter/Larson). The expansion of the I-front is followed as it breaks out from the galaxy and it is channeled by the filaments into the voids, assuming, in a 2D representation, a characteristic butterfly shape. The ionization evolution is very well tracked by our scheme, as realized by the correct treatment of the channeling and shadowing effects due to overdensities. We confirm previous claims that both the shape of the IMF and the ionizing power metallicity dependence are important to correctly determine the reionization of the universe.

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