{
  "id": "astro-ph/9902311",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "1999-02-22T18:24:40.000Z",
  "updated": "1999-03-26T19:52:35.000Z",
  "title": "Reionization of the Intergalactic Medium and its Effect on the CMB",
  "authors": [
    "Zoltan Haiman",
    "Lloyd Knox"
  ],
  "comment": "Invited Review in \"Microwave Foregounds\", editors A. de Oliveira-Costa & M. Tegmark (ASP: San Francisco), 15 pages with 3 included figures. \"Microwave Foregrounds\", eds. A. De Oliveira-Costa & M. Tegmark (ASP, San Francisco, 1999)",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "The bulk of the hydrogen in the universe transformed from neutral to ionized somewhere in the redshift interval 5 < z < 40, most likely due to ionizing photons produced by an early generation of stars or mini-quasars. The resulting free electrons, interacting with the CMB photons via Thomson scattering, are a mixed blessing, providing both a probe of the epoch of the first stars and a contaminant to the pristine primary anisotropy. Here we review our current knowledge of reionization with emphasis on inhomogeneities and describe the possible connections to CMB anisotropy.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "1999-03-26T19:52:35.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "intergalactic medium",
      "reionization",
      "pristine primary anisotropy",
      "cmb anisotropy",
      "redshift interval"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "review article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 15,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 495666
    }
  }
}