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Probing the Epoch of Reionization with the Lyman Alpha Forest at z~4-5
Renyue Cen, Patrick McDonald, Hy Trac +1
The inhomogeneous cosmological reionization process leaves tangible imprints in the intergalactic medium down to z=4-5. The Lyman-alpha forest flux power spectrum provides a potent…
Imaging an Event Horizon: submm-VLBI of a Super Massive Black Hole
Sheperd Doeleman, Eric Agol, Don Backer +20
A long standing goal in astrophysics is to directly observe the immediate environment of a black hole with angular resolution comparable to the event horizon. Realizing this goal w…
The hyperfine transition of 3He+ as a probe of the intergalactic medium
J. S. Bagla, Abraham Loeb
We explore the prospects of using the hyperfine transition of 3He+ as a probe of the intergalactic medium. The emission signal from ionized regions during reionization is expected…
First Light Sources at the End of the Dark Ages: Direct Observations of Population III Stars, Proto-Galaxies, and Supernovae During the Reionization Epoch
Jeff Cooke, Asantha Cooray, Ranga-Ram Chary +16
The cosmic dark ages are the mysterious epoch during which the pristine gas began to condense and ultimately form the first stars. Although these beginnings have long been a topic…
The Dynamic X-ray Sky of the Local Universe
Alicia M. Soderberg, Jonathan E. Grindlay, Joshua S. Bloom +35
Over the next decade, we can expect time domain astronomy to flourish at optical and radio wavelengths. In parallel with these efforts, a dedicated transient "machine" operating at…
In Situ Probes of the First Galaxies and Reionization: Gamma-ray Bursts
Matthew McQuinn, Joshua S. Bloom, Jonathan Grindlay +20
The first structures in the Universe formed at z>7, at higher redshift than all currently known galaxies. Since GRBs are brighter than other cosmological sources at high redshift a…