Restricted accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Madau Piero 2000Cosmological reionizationPhil. Trans. R. Soc. A.3582021–2033http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2000.0627SectionRestricted accessCosmological reionization Piero Madau Piero Madau Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Piero Madau Piero Madau Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Published:15 July 2000https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2000.0627AbstractIn popular cosmological scenarios, some time beyond a redshift of 10, stars within protogalaxies created the first heavy elements; these systems, together perhaps with an early population of quasars, generated the UV radiation and mechanical energy that reheated and reionized the cosmos. The history of the Universe during and soon after these crucial formative stages is recorded in the all–pervading intergalactic medium (IGM), which contains most of the ordinary baryonic material left over from the big bang. Throughout the epoch of structure formation, the IGM becomes clumpy and acquires peculiar motions under the influence of gravity, and acts as a source for the gas that gets accreted, cools and forms stars within galaxies, and as a sink for the metal–enriched material, energy and radiation that they eject. Previous ArticleNext Article VIEW FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD PDF FiguresRelatedReferencesDetailsCited by Rorai A, Hennawi J and White M (2013) A NEW METHOD TO DIRECTLY MEASURE THE JEANS SCALE OF THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM USING CLOSE QUASAR PAIRS, The Astrophysical Journal, 10.1088/0004-637X/775/2/81, 775:2, (81) Yoshida N, Omukai K, Hernquist L and Abel T (2006) Formation of Primordial Stars in a ΛCDM Universe, The Astrophysical Journal, 10.1086/507978, 652:1, (6-25), Online publication date: 20-Nov-2006. Wall J, Jackson C, Shaver P, Hook I and Kellermann K (2005) The Parkes quarter-Jansky flat-spectrum sample, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 10.1051/0004-6361:20041786, 434:1, (133-148), Online publication date: 1-Apr-2005. Benson A and Madau P (2003) Early preheating and galaxy formation, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06879.x, 344:3, (835-846), Online publication date: 1-Sep-2003. Meiksin A and White M (2003) Constraints on the ultraviolet metagalactic emissivity using the Ly forest, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06624.x, 342:4, (1205-1214), Online publication date: 11-Jul-2003. Springel V and Hernquist L (2003) The history of star formation in a cold dark matter universe, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06207.x, 339:2, (312-334), Online publication date: 21-Feb-2003. Mori M, Ferrara A and Madau P (2002) Early Metal Enrichment by Pregalactic Outflows. II. Three‐dimensional Simulations of Blow‐Away, The Astrophysical Journal, 10.1086/339913, 571:1, (40-55), Online publication date: 20-May-2002. Djorgovski S, Castro S, Stern D and Mahabal A (2001) On the Threshold of the Reionization Epoch, The Astrophysical Journal, 10.1086/324175, 560:1, (L5-L8), Online publication date: 10-Oct-2001. Zaldarriaga M, Hui L and Tegmark M (2001) Constraints from the Lyα Forest Power Spectrum, The Astrophysical Journal, 10.1086/321652, 557:2, (519-526), Online publication date: 20-Aug-2001. Bode P, Ostriker J and Turok N (2001) Halo Formation in Warm Dark Matter Models, The Astrophysical Journal, 10.1086/321541, 556:1, (93-107), Online publication date: 20-Jul-2001. Madau P, Ferrara A and Rees M (2001) Early Metal Enrichment of the Intergalactic Medium by Pregalactic Outflows, The Astrophysical Journal, 10.1086/321474, 555:1, (92-105), Online publication date: 1-Jul-2001. Valageas P, Balbi A and Silk J (2001) Secondary CMB anisotropies from the kinetic SZ effect, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 10.1051/0004-6361:20000403, 367:1, (1-17), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2001. Steidel C, Pettini M and Adelberger K (2001) Lyman‐Continuum Emission from Galaxies at z ≃ 3.4 , The Astrophysical Journal, 10.1086/318323, 546:2, (665-671), Online publication date: 10-Jan-2001. This Issue15 July 2000Volume 358Issue 1772Discussion Meeting Issue ‘The formulation of galaxies’ organized by C. S. Frenk and S. D. M. White Article InformationDOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2000.0627Published by:Royal SocietyPrint ISSN:1364-503XOnline ISSN:1471-2962History: Published online15/07/2000Published in print15/07/2000 License: Citations and impact Keywordsdiffuse radiationintergalactic mediumradiative transfer