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Evolution of the Ionizing Background and the Epoch of Reionization from
the Spectra of z~6 Quasars
Evolution of the Ionizing Background and the Epoch of Reionization from
the Spectra of z~6 Quasars
2001-11-09
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arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0111184v2
Astron.J.123:1247-1257,2002
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
AJ accepted, 27 pages; minor changes
Scientific paper
10.1086/339030
We study the process of cosmic reionization and estimate the ionizing background in the IGM using the Lyman series absorption in the spectra of the four quasars at 5.710^{-3} at z~6. At this redshift, the mass-averaged neutral hydrogen fraction is larger than 1%; the mildly overdense regions (delta > 3) are still mostly neutral and the comoving mean free path of ionizing photons is shorter than 8 Mpc. Comparison with simulations of cosmological reionization shows that the observed properties of the IGM at z~6 are typical of those in the era at the end of the overlap stage of reionization when the individual HII regions merge. Thus, z~6 marks the end of the reionization epoch. The redshift of reionization constrains the small scale power of the mass density fluctuations and the star forming efficiency of the first generation of objects.
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