Probing Ultra-late Reionization: Direct Measurements of the Mean Free Path over 5

2023/08/08 by Zhu, Yongda, Becker, George D., Christenson, Holly M. +22 · 5 citations
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paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2308.04614

Abstract

The mean free path of ionizing photons, λ_{\rm mfp}, is a critical parameter for modeling the intergalactic medium (IGM) both during and after reionization. We present direct measurements of λ_{\rm mfp} from QSO spectra over the redshift range 5

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