2 papers
astro-ph.CO2025
The effect of a short mean free path on HII regions and 21-cm tomography during reionization
Michael M. Wyatt, Steven R. Furlanetto, Mary H. Minasyan
Recent measurements of the mean free path (MFP) of ionizing photons at find that it is significantly shorter than extrapolations from lower . This has a substantial impact…
astro-ph.GA2024
A hidden population of active galactic nuclei can explain the overabundance of luminous objects observed by JWST
Sahil Hegde, Michael M. Wyatt, Steven R. Furlanetto
The first wave of observations with JWST has revealed a striking overabundance of luminous galaxies at early times () compared to models of galaxies calibrated to pre-JWST da…