Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-06-20
New Astron.11:173-184,2005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
33 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.newast.2005.07.003
We investigate the role of the radiative effects for the temporal evolution of the reionization fraction by using cosmological Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations. We find that the increase of photo-ionization and photo-heating rates due to optical depth effects results in a significantly contribute to the heating of the IGM before and during the reionization. The main effect of the UV radiation spectrum on the temporal evolution of the ionization fraction is given by the value of the reionization redshift and the redshift interval, in which the reionization is completed. We evaluate the effects of the UV radiation background on the CMB angular power spectrum taking into account different temporal evolutions of the ionization fraction. We show that through E-mode CMB polarization power spectrum measurements, the Planck experiment will have the sensitivity to distinguish between different reionization histories even when they imply the same optical depth to electron scattering and degenerated temperature anisotropy power spectra.
Burigana Carlo
Mandolesi Nazareno
Popa Lucia Aurelia
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