activity
20242026
collaborators

7 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Influence of the Spectral Energy Distribution of Reionization-Era Sources on the Lyman- Forest

Arghyadeep Basu, Benedetta Ciardi, James S. Bolton +2

Interpreting Lyman- forest properties during the epoch of reionization requires assumptions about the spectral energy distribution (SED) of ionizing sources. These are often si…

astro-ph.CO2025

Constraints on Primordial Magnetic Fields from the Lyman-α forest

Mak Pavičević, Vid Iršič, Matteo Viel +5

We present the first constraints on primordial magnetic fields from the Lyman- forest using full cosmological hydrodynamic simulations. At the scales and redshifts probed by th…

astro-ph.CO2025

Constraining Mixed Dark Matter models with high redshift Lyman-alpha forest data

Olga Garcia-Gallego, Vid Iršič, Martin G. Haehnelt +2

This study sets new constraints on Cold+Warm Dark Matter (CWDM) models by leveraging the small-scale suppression of structure formation imprinted in the Lyman- forest. Using th…

astro-ph.GA2025

The impact of faint AGN discovered by JWST on reionization

Shikhar Asthana, Martin G. Haehnelt, Girish Kulkarni +4

The relative contribution of emission from stellar sources and accretion onto supermassive black holes to reionization has been brought into focus again by the apparent high abunda…

astro-ph.CO2025

Constraints on dark photon dark matter from Lyman- forest simulations and an ultra-high signal-to-noise quasar spectrum

Andrea Trost, James S. Bolton, Andrea Caputo +3

The ultralight dark photon is a well-motivated, hypothetical dark matter candidate. In a dilute plasma, they can resonantly convert into photons, and heat up the intergalactic medi…

astro-ph.GA2025

Galaxy Formation and Symbiotic Evolution with the Inter-Galactic Medium in the Age of ELT-ANDES

Valentina D'Odorico, James S. Bolton, Lise Christensen +21

High-resolution absorption spectroscopy toward bright background sources has had a paramount role in understanding early galaxy formation, the evolution of the intergalactic medium…