Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Morales, Miguel F
• Wyithe, J Stuart B

Titel

Reionization and Cosmology with 21-cm Fluctuations

Ist Teil von

• Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics, 2010-01, Vol.48 (1), p.127-171

Ort / Verlag

Palo Alto: Annual Reviews, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Measurement of the spatial distribution of neutral hydrogen via the redshifted 21-cm line promises to revolutionize our knowledge of the epoch of reionization and the first galaxies, and may provide a powerful new tool for observational cosmology from redshifts 1<z<4. In this review we discuss recent advances in our theoretical understanding of the epoch of reionization (EoR), the application of 21-cm tomography to cosmology and measurements of the dark energy equation of state after reionization, and the instrumentation and observational techniques shared by 21-cm EoR and postreionization cosmology machines. We place particular emphasis on the expected signal and observational capabilities of first generation 21-cm fluctuation instruments.