Chapter 8. The Reionization of Helium

  1. Massimo Stiavelli

Published Online: 29 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9783527627363.ch8

Book Title

From First Light to Reionization: The End of the Dark Ages

From First Light to Reionization: The End of the Dark Ages

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How to Cite

Stiavelli, M. (2009) The Reionization of Helium, in From First Light to Reionization: The End of the Dark Ages, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany. doi: 10.1002/9783527627363.ch8

Author Information

  1. Space Telescope Science Inst., 3700, San Martin Dr., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 29 JUN 2009
  2. Published Print: 18 MAR 2009

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9783527407057

Online ISBN: 9783527627363

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Keywords:

  • reionization of helium;
  • Gunn–Peterson troughs;
  • constraints from temperature;
  • observational techniques

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Overview

  • Gunn–Peterson Troughs in QSOs

  • Constraints from the Temperature of the IGM

  • Change in Metal-Line Ratios

  • Change in HI Lyman α Forest

  • Reionizing Hydrogen First and Helium Later

  • A Limit on the Escape Fraction from Galaxies at z ≃ 3

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