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PART I Fundamentals Of Structure Formation |
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Chapter 1 Introduction and Cosmological Background |
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1.2 Standard Cosmological Model |
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1.3 Milestones in Cosmic Evolution |
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15 | (5) |
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20 | (5) |
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Chapter 2 Linear Growth of Cosmological Perturbations |
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2.1 Growth of Linear Perturbations |
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2.2 The Thermal History during the Dark Ages |
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35 | (6) |
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Chapter 3 Nonlinear Structure and Halo Formation |
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41 | (51) |
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41 | (4) |
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3.2 Cosmological Jeans Mass |
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45 | (6) |
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51 | (5) |
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3.4 Abundance of Dark Matter Halos |
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56 | (9) |
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3.5 Halo Clustering in Linear Theory |
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65 | (3) |
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3.6 The Nonlinear Power Spectra of Dark Matter and Galaxies |
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68 | (10) |
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3.7 Numerical Simulations of Structure Formation |
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78 | (14) |
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Chapter 4 The Intergalactic Medium |
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92 | (3) |
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4.2 Lyman-α Absorption in the Intergalactic Medium |
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95 | (5) |
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4.3 Theoretical Models of the Lyman-α Forest |
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100 | (14) |
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4.4 The Metagalactic Ionizing Background |
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114 | (6) |
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4.5 The Helium-Ionizing Background |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (4) |
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4.7 The Lyman-α Forest at z > 5 |
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125 | (6) |
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PART II The First Structures |
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131 | (204) |
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Chapter 5 The First Stars |
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133 | (41) |
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5.1 From Virialized Halos to Protostars |
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136 | (8) |
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5.2 From Protostars to Stars |
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144 | (13) |
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5.3 The Second Generation of Stars: "Population III.2" |
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157 | (6) |
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5.4 Properties of the First Stars |
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163 | (5) |
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5.5 The End States of Population III Stars |
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168 | (2) |
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5.6 Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Brightest Explosions |
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170 | (4) |
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Chapter 6 Stellar Feedback and Galaxy Formation |
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6.1 The Ultraviolet Background and H2 Photodissociation |
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174 | (10) |
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6.2 The X-ray Background: Positive Feedback |
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184 | (2) |
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6.3 Radiative Feedback: Mechanical Effects |
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186 | (6) |
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6.4 Galactic Superwinds and Mechanical Feedback |
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192 | (9) |
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6.5 Metal Enrichment and the Transition to Population II Star Formation |
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201 | (10) |
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211 | (6) |
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Chapter 7 Supermassive Black Holes |
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7.1 Quasars and Black Holes: An Overview |
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217 | (5) |
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7.2 Basic Principles of Astrophysical Black Holes |
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222 | (3) |
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7.3 Accretion of Gas onto Black Holes |
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225 | (7) |
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7.4 The First Black Holes and Quasars |
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232 | (5) |
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7.5 Black Holes and Galaxies |
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237 | (7) |
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244 | (3) |
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7.7 Gravitational Waves from Black Hole Mergers |
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247 | (4) |
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Chapter 8 Physics of Galaxy Evolution |
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8.1 High-Redshift Galaxies |
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251 | (2) |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (1) |
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256 | (2) |
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8.5 Star Formation in Galaxies |
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258 | (5) |
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8.6 Black Hole Growth in Galaxies |
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263 | (1) |
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8.7 Feedback and Galaxy Evolution |
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264 | (2) |
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8.8 From Galaxy Model to Stellar Spectra |
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266 | (3) |
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8.9 Signatures of the Interstellar Medium |
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269 | (6) |
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8.10 Gravitational Lensing |
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275 | (8) |
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Chapter 9 The Reionization of Intergalactic Hydrogen |
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283 | (52) |
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9.1 Propagation of Ionization Fronts |
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283 | (5) |
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9.2 Global Ionization History |
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288 | (3) |
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9.3 The Phases of Hydrogen Reionization |
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291 | (2) |
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9.4 The Morphology of Reionization |
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293 | (9) |
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9.5 Recombinations inside Ionized Regions |
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302 | (6) |
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9.6 Simulations of Reionization |
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308 | (7) |
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9.7 Statistical Properties of the Ionization Field |
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315 | (4) |
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9.8 Reionization by Quasars and Other Exotic Sources |
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319 | (7) |
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9.9 Feedback from Reionization: Photoheating |
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326 | (9) |
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PART III Observations Of The Cosmic Dawn |
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335 | (160) |
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Chapter 10 Surveys of High-Redshift Galaxies |
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337 | (30) |
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10.1 Telescopes for Observing High-Redshift Galaxies |
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337 | (3) |
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10.2 Methods for Identifying High-Redshift Galaxies |
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340 | (10) |
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10.3 Luminosity and Mass Functions |
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350 | (7) |
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10.4 The Statistics of Galaxy Surveys |
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357 | (10) |
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Chapter 11 The Lyman-α Line as a Probe of the Early Universe |
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367 | (41) |
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11.1 Lyman-α Emission from Galaxies |
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367 | (8) |
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11.2 The Gunn-Peterson Trough |
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375 | (1) |
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11.3 IGM Scattering in the Blue Wing of the Lyman-α Line |
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376 | (6) |
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11.4 The Red Damping Wing |
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382 | (6) |
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11.5 The Lyman-α Forest as a Probe of the Reionization Topology |
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388 | (2) |
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11.6 Lyman-α halos around Distant Sources |
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390 | (6) |
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11.7 Lyman-α Emitters during the Reionization Era |
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Chapter 12 The 21-cm Line |
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12.1 Radiative Transfer of the 21-cm Line |
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410 | (2) |
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12.2 The Spin Temperature |
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412 | (8) |
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12.3 The Brightness Temperature of the Spin-Flip Background |
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420 | (8) |
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12.4 The Monopole of the Brightness Temperature |
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428 | (4) |
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12.5 Statistical Fluctuations in the Spin-Flip Background |
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432 | (7) |
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12.6 Spin-Flip Fluctuations during the Cosmic Dawn |
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439 | (7) |
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12.7 Mapping the Spin-Flip Background |
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446 | (13) |
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Chapter 13 Other Probes of the First Galaxies |
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13.1 Secondary Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies from the Cosmic Dawn |
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459 | (11) |
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13.2 Diffuse Backgrounds from the Cosmic Dawn |
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470 | (14) |
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13.3 The Cross-Correlation of Different Probes |
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484 | (4) |
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13.4 The Fossil Record of the Local Group |
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488 | (7) |
| Appendix A Useful Numbers |
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495 | (2) |
| Appendix B Cosmological Parameters |
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497 | (2) |
| Notes |
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499 | (10) |
| Further Reading |
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509 | (4) |
| Index |
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