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Astronomy 6000 – The High Redshift Universe Nils Halveson Jack Burns Geraint Harker Class website: http://lunar.colorado.edu/~jaburns/astr6000/

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Astronomy 6000 – The High Redshift Universe

Nils HalvesonJack Burns

Geraint Harker

Class website: http://lunar.colorado.edu/~jaburns/astr6000/

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The First Billion Years

z=1100

z~20-30

z~6

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The Evolution of the IGM

HST WMAP

Courtesy of J. PritchardRedshift (z)

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The History of Hydrogen

adapted from A. Loeb, 2006, Scientific American, 295, 46

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The History of Hydrogen

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The History of Hydrogen

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The History of Hydrogen

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The History of Hydrogen