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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: In this Introduction, we outline expectations for when and how the hydrogen
    and helium atoms in the universe turned from neutral to ionized, focusing on the
    earliest, least well understood stages, and emphasize the most important open
    questions. We include a historical summary, and highlight the role of reionization
    as one of the few milestones in the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang,
    and its status as a unique probe of the beginning stages of structure formation.
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- Astrophysics and Space Science Library
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author:
- first_name: Zoltán
  full_name: Haiman, Zoltán
  id: 7c006e8c-cc0d-11ee-8322-cb904ef76f36
  last_name: Haiman
  orcid: 0000-0003-3633-5403
citation:
  ama: 'Haiman Z. Cosmic Reionization and the First Nonlinear Structures in the Universe.
    In: Mesinger A, ed. <i>Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization</i>. 423.
    Cham: Springer Nature; 2015:1-22. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21957-8_1">10.1007/978-3-319-21957-8_1</a>'
  apa: 'Haiman, Z. (2015). Cosmic Reionization and the First Nonlinear Structures
    in the Universe. In A. Mesinger (Ed.), <i>Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization</i>
    (pp. 1–22). Cham: Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21957-8_1">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21957-8_1</a>'
  chicago: 'Haiman, Zoltán. “Cosmic Reionization and the First Nonlinear Structures
    in the Universe.” In <i>Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization</i>, edited
    by Andrei Mesinger, 1–22. 423. Cham: Springer Nature, 2015. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21957-8_1">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21957-8_1</a>.'
  ieee: 'Z. Haiman, “Cosmic Reionization and the First Nonlinear Structures in the
    Universe,” in <i>Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization</i>, A. Mesinger,
    Ed. Cham: Springer Nature, 2015, pp. 1–22.'
  ista: 'Haiman Z. 2015.Cosmic Reionization and the First Nonlinear Structures in
    the Universe. In: Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization. Astrophysics
    and Space Science Library, , 1–22.'
  mla: Haiman, Zoltán. “Cosmic Reionization and the First Nonlinear Structures in
    the Universe.” <i>Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization</i>, edited by
    Andrei Mesinger, Springer Nature, 2015, pp. 1–22, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21957-8_1">10.1007/978-3-319-21957-8_1</a>.
  short: Z. Haiman, in:, A. Mesinger (Ed.), Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization,
    Springer Nature, Cham, 2015, pp. 1–22.
date_created: 2025-01-03T12:28:57Z
date_published: 2015-11-28T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-01-07T12:45:30Z
day: '28'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-21957-8_1
editor:
- first_name: Andrei
  full_name: Mesinger, Andrei
  last_name: Mesinger
extern: '1'
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '1511.01125'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.01125
month: '11'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 1-22
place: Cham
publication: Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization
publication_identifier:
  eisbn:
  - '9783319219578'
  eissn:
  - 2214-7985
  isbn:
  - '9783319219561'
  issn:
  - 0067-0057
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Nature
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
series_title: '423'
status: public
title: Cosmic Reionization and the First Nonlinear Structures in the Universe
type: book_chapter
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year: '2015'
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