Stellar black holes at the dawn of the universe

2011/02/09 by I. F. Mirabel, M. Dijkstra, P. Laurent +2 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Binary black hole #Black hole (networking) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Intermediate-mass black hole #Photoionization #Stars #Stellar black hole #Stellar evolution #Universe #astro-ph.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016357

7 pages, 2 figures, accepted to be published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

arxiv created 2011/02/09 · openalex publication_date 2011/02/09 · arxiv updated 2015/05/27 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Context. It is well established that between 380 000 and 1 billion years after the Big Bang the Inter Galactic Medium (IGM) underwent a “phase transformation” from cold and fully neutral to warm (≈ 104 K) and ionized. Whether this phase transformation was fully driven and completed by photoionization by young hot stars is a question of topical interest in cosmology.

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