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astro-ph2008★ 43 cited
Constraints on First-Light Ionizing Sources from Optical Depth of the Cosmic Microwave Background
J. Michael Shull, Aparna Venkatesan
We examine the constraints on high-redshift star formation, ultraviolet and X-ray pre-ionization, and the epoch of reionization at redshift z_r, inferred from the recent WMAP-5 mea…
astro-ph2008★ 76 cited
The Fate of the First Galaxies. III. Properties of Primordial Dwarf Galaxies and their Impact on the Intergalactic Medium
Massimo Ricotti, Nickolay Y. Gnedin, J. Michael Shull
In two previous papers, we presented simulations of the first galaxies in a representative volume of the Universe. The simulations are unique because we model feedback-regulated ga…