The accuracy of seminumerical reionization models in comparison with radiative transfer simulations

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 477; no. 2; pp. 1549 - 1566
• Main Author: Hutter, Anne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 21.06.2018
• Subjects: intergalactic medium; methods: numerical; radiative transfer; galaxies: high-redshift; dark ages, reionization, first stars

Abstract We have developed a modular seminumerical code that computes the time and spatially dependent ionization of neutral hydrogen (${\rm H}\,\rm {\small {I}}$), neutral (${\rm He}\,\rm {\small {I}}$), and single-ionized helium (${\rm He}\,\rm {\small {II}}$) in the intergalactic medium (IGM). Th...