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reionization
Sign in to savethumb|Phases of the reionization In the fields of Big Bang theory and cosmology, reionization is the process that caused electrically neutral atoms in the primordial universe to reionize after the lapse of the "dark ages". Detecting and studying the reionization process is challenging but multiple avenues have been pursued. This reionization was driven by the formation of the first stars and galaxies.
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Concept
- Stages
- Detection methods
- Quasars and the Gunn-Peterson trough
- CMB anisotropy and polarization
- Lyman alpha emission
- 21-cm line
- Energy sources
- Dwarf galaxies
- Quasars
- Population III stars
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
thumb|Phases of the reionization In the fields of Big Bang theory and cosmology, reionization is the process that caused electrically neutral atoms in the primordial universe to reionize after the lapse of the "dark ages". Detecting and studying the reionization process is challenging but multiple avenues have been pursued. This reionization was driven by the formation of the first stars and galaxies.
== Concept == thumb|upright=1.4|Schematic timeline of the universe, depicting reionization's place in cosmic history.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “reionization” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.