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Title:
The effect of minihaloes on cosmic reionization
Authors:
Ciardi, B.; Scannapieco, E.; Stoehr, F.; Ferrara, A.; Iliev, I. T.; Shapiro, P. R.
Affiliation:
AA(Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, 85741 Garching, Germany), AB(Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA), AC(Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, 75014 Paris, France), AD(International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy), AE(Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada), AF(Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1083, USA)
Publication:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 366, Issue 2, pp. 689-696. (MNRAS Homepage)
Publication Date:
02/2006
Origin:
MNRAS
MNRAS Keywords:
radiative transfer, galaxies: high-redshift, intergalactic medium, cosmology: theory
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09908.x
Bibliographic Code:
2006MNRAS.366..689C

Abstract

One of the most debated issues in the theoretical modelling of cosmic reionization is the impact of small-mass gravitationally bound structures. We carry out the first numerical investigation of the role of such sterile `minihaloes' (MHs), which serve as self-shielding screens of ionizing photons. MHs are too small to be properly resolved in current large-scale cosmological simulations, and thus we estimate their effects using a subgrid model, considering two cases that bracket their effect within this framework. In the `extreme-suppression' case in which MH formation ceases once a region is partially ionized, their effect on cosmic reionization is modest, reducing the volume-averaged ionization fraction by an overall factor of less than15 per cent. In the other extreme, in which MH formation is never suppressed, they delay complete reionization as much as Δz~ 2, in rough agreement with the results from a previous semi-analytical study by the authors. Thus, depending on the details of the MH formation process, their effect on the overall progress of reionization can range from modest to significant, but the MH photon consumption is by itself insufficient to force an extended reionization epoch.

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