Evolution of the intergalactic medium - What happened during the epoch Z = 3-10?

• 1 February 1986
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 301, 522-543
• https://doi.org/10.1086/163921

Abstract

Keywords

• COSMOLOGY
• GALACTIC EVOLUTION
• INTERGALACTIC MEDIA
• UNIVERSE
• FRAGMENTATION
• GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE
• LYMAN ALPHA RADIATION
• OPTICAL THICKNESS
• PHOTOIONIZATION
• SHOCK HEATING