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HeII Reionization and its Effect on the IGM
Matthew McQuinn, Adam Lidz, Matias Zaldarriaga +4
Observations of the intergalactic medium (IGM) suggest that quasars reionize HeII in the IGM at z ~ 3. We have run a set of 190 and 430 comoving Mpc simulations of HeII being reion…
Dissipation and Extra Light in Galactic Nuclei: II. 'Cusp' Ellipticals
Philip F. Hopkins, Thomas J. Cox, Suvendra N. Dutta +3
We study the origin and properties of 'extra' or 'excess' central light in the surface brightness profiles of cusp or power-law ellipticals. Dissipational mergers give rise to two-…
Dissipation and Extra Light in Galactic Nuclei: I. Gas-Rich Merger Remnants
Philip F. Hopkins, Lars Hernquist, Thomas J. Cox +2
We study the origin and properties of 'extra' or 'excess' central light in the surface brightness profiles of gas-rich merger remnants. Combining a large set of hydrodynamical simu…
Probing the Neutral Fraction of the IGM with GRBs during the Epoch of Reionization
Matthew McQuinn, Adam Lidz, Matias Zaldarriaga +2
We show that near-infrared observations of the red side of the Ly-alpha line from a single gamma ray burst (GRB) afterglow cannot be used to constrain the global neutral fraction o…
Studying Reionization with Ly-alpha Emitters
Matthew McQuinn, Lars Hernquist, Matias Zaldarriaga +1
We show that observations of high-redshift Ly-alpha emitters (LAEs) have the potential to provide definitive evidence for reionization in the near future. Using 200 Mpc radiative t…
Quasar Proximity Zones and Patchy Reionization
Adam Lidz, Matthew McQuinn, Matias Zaldarriaga +2
Lyman-alpha forest absorption spectra towards quasars at z ~ 6 show regions of enhanced transmission close to their source. Several authors have argued that the apparently small si…