2006/11/20 by Anthony Aguirre, A. Aguirre, Joop Schaye +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Electrical and Electromagnetic Research #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Intergalactic medium #Intergalactic travel #Key (lock) #Nexus (standard) #Observational study #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/eas:2007024
12 pages; To appear in the proceedings of the CRAL-Conference Series I "Chemodynamics: from first stars to local galaxies", Lyon 10-14 July 2006, France, Eds. Emsellem, Wozniak, Massacrier, Gonzalez, Devriendt, Champavert, EAS Publications Series
arxiv created 2006/11/20 · openalex publication_date 2007/01/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The enrichment of the intergalactic medium with heavy elements is a process that lies at the nexus of poorly-understood aspects of physical cosmology. We review current understanding of the processes that may remove metals from galaxies, the basic predictions of these models, the key observational constraints on enrichment, and how intergalactic enrichment may be used to test cosmological simulations.