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EAS Publications Series
Volume 24, 2007
CRAL-2006. Chemodynamics: From First Stars to Local Galaxies
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| Page(s) | 165 - 175 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2007024 | |
| Published online | 21 April 2007 | |
CRAL-2006. Chemodynamics: From First Stars to Local Galaxies
E. Emsellem, H. Wozniak, G. Massacrier, J.-F. Gonzalez, J. Devriendt and N. Champavert (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 24 (2007) 165-175
E. Emsellem, H. Wozniak, G. Massacrier, J.-F. Gonzalez, J. Devriendt and N. Champavert (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 24 (2007) 165-175
How Did the IGM become Enriched?
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Department of Physics, UC Santa Cruz,
1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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Leiden Observatory, Leiden University,
PO Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
The enrichment of the intergalactic medium with heavy elements is a process that lies at the nexus of poorly-understood aspects of physical cosmology. We review current understanding of the processes that may remove metals from galaxies, the basic predictions of these models, the key observational constraints on enrichment, and how intergalactic enrichment may be used to test cosmological simulations.
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