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Particle initialization effects on Lyman-α forest statistics in cosmological SPH simulations (2024)
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Khan, N. K., Kulkarni, G., Bolton, J. S., Haehnelt, M. G., Iršič, V., Puchwein, E., & Asthana, S. (2024). Particle initialization effects on Lyman-α forest statistics in cosmological SPH simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae662

Confronting measurements of the Lyman-α forest with cosmological hydrodynamical simulations has produced stringent constraints on models of particle dark matter and the thermal and ionization state of the intergalactic medium. We investigate the robu... Read More about Particle initialization effects on Lyman-α forest statistics in cosmological SPH simulations.

Unveiling dark matter free streaming at the smallest scales with the high redshift Lyman-alpha forest (2024)
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Iršič, V., Viel, M., Haehnelt, M. G., Bolton, J. S., Molaro, M., Puchwein, E., …Kulkarni, G. (2024). Unveiling dark matter free streaming at the smallest scales with the high redshift Lyman-alpha forest. Physical Review D, 109(4), Article 043511. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.109.043511

This study introduces novel constraints on the free streaming of thermal relic warm dark matter (WDM) from Lyman-α forest flux power spectra. Our analysis utilizes a high resolution, high redshift sample of quasar spectra observed using the HIRES and... Read More about Unveiling dark matter free streaming at the smallest scales with the high redshift Lyman-alpha forest.

Measuring the photo-ionization rate, neutral fraction and mean free path of HI ionizing photons at 4.9≤z≤6.0 from a large sample of XShooter and ESI spectra (2023)
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Gaikwad, P., Haehnelt, M. G., Davies, F. B., Bosman, S. E. I., Molaro, M., Kulkarni, G., …Eilers, A. (2023). Measuring the photo-ionization rate, neutral fraction and mean free path of HI ionizing photons at 4.9≤z≤6.0 from a large sample of XShooter and ESI spectra. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525(3), 4093-4120. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2566

We measure the mean free path (⁠λmfp,HI⁠), photo-ionization rate (⁠⟨ΓHI⟩⁠) and neutral fraction (⁠⟨fHI⟩⁠) of hydrogen in 12 redshift bins at 4.85 < z < 6.05 from a large sample of moderate resolution XShooter and ESI QSO absorption spectra. The fluct... Read More about Measuring the photo-ionization rate, neutral fraction and mean free path of HI ionizing photons at 4.9≤z≤6.0 from a large sample of XShooter and ESI spectra.

Possible evidence for a large-scale enhancement in the Lyman-α forest power spectrum at redshift z ≥ 4 (2023)
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Molaro, M., Iršič, V., Bolton, J. S., Lieu, M., Keating, L. C., Puchwein, E., …Viel, M. (2023). Possible evidence for a large-scale enhancement in the Lyman-α forest power spectrum at redshift z ≥ 4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(1), 1489–1501. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad598

Inhomogeneous reionization enhances the 1D Ly α forest power spectrum on large scales at redshifts z ≥ 4. This is due to coherent fluctuations in the ionized hydrogen fraction that arise from large-scale variations in the post-reionization gas temper... Read More about Possible evidence for a large-scale enhancement in the Lyman-α forest power spectrum at redshift z ≥ 4.

The Sherwood-Relics simulations: overview and impact of patchy reionization and pressure smoothing on the intergalactic medium (2022)
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Puchwein, E., Bolton, J. S., Keating, L. C., Molaro, M., Gaikwad, P., Kulkarni, G., …Meiksin, A. (2023). The Sherwood-Relics simulations: overview and impact of patchy reionization and pressure smoothing on the intergalactic medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(4), 6162-6183. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3761

We present the Sherwood-Relics simulations, a new suite of large cosmological hydrodynamical simulations aimed at modelling the intergalactic medium (IGM) during and after the cosmic reionization of hydrogen. The suite consists of over 200 simulation... Read More about The Sherwood-Relics simulations: overview and impact of patchy reionization and pressure smoothing on the intergalactic medium.

Probing quasar lifetimes with proximate 21-centimetre absorption in the diffuse intergalactic medium at redshifts z ≥ 6 (2022)
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Šoltinský, T., Bolton, J. S., Molaro, M., Hatch, N., Haehnelt, M. G., Keating, L. C., …Puchwein, E. (2023). Probing quasar lifetimes with proximate 21-centimetre absorption in the diffuse intergalactic medium at redshifts z ≥ 6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(2), 3027-3045. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3710

Enhanced ionizing radiation in close proximity to redshift z ≳ 6 quasars creates short windows of intergalactic Ly α transmission blueward of the quasar Ly α emission lines. The majority of these Ly α near-zones are consistent with quasars that have... Read More about Probing quasar lifetimes with proximate 21-centimetre absorption in the diffuse intergalactic medium at redshifts z ≥ 6.

Comparison of Low-Redshift Lyman- α Forest Observations to Hydrodynamical Simulations with Dark Photon Dark Matter (2022)
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Bolton, J. S., Caputo, A., Liu, H., & Viel, M. (2022). Comparison of Low-Redshift Lyman- α Forest Observations to Hydrodynamical Simulations with Dark Photon Dark Matter. Physical Review Letters, 129(21), Article 211102. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.129.211102

Recent work has suggested that an additional ≲6.9 eV per baryon of heating in the intergalactic medium is needed to reconcile hydrodynamical simulations with Lyman-α forest absorption line widths at redshift z≃0.1. Resonant conversion of dark photon... Read More about Comparison of Low-Redshift Lyman- α Forest Observations to Hydrodynamical Simulations with Dark Photon Dark Matter.

Limits on non-canonical heating and turbulence in the intergalactic medium from the low redshift Lyman α forest (2022)
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Bolton, J. S., Gaikwad, P., Haehnelt, M. G., Kim, T. S., Nasir, F., Puchwein, E., …Wakker, B. P. (2022). Limits on non-canonical heating and turbulence in the intergalactic medium from the low redshift Lyman α forest. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(1), 864-885. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac862

We examine the column density distribution function (CDDF) and Doppler parameter distribution from hydrodynamical simulations and Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) observations of the Ly α forest at redshift 0 ≤ z ≤ 0.2. Allowing for a factor of two... Read More about Limits on non-canonical heating and turbulence in the intergalactic medium from the low redshift Lyman α forest.

The effect of inhomogeneous reionization on the Lyman α forest power spectrum at redshift z > 4: implications for thermal parameter recovery (2021)
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Molaro, M., Iršič, V., Bolton, J. S., Keating, L. C., Puchwein, E., Gaikwad, P., …Viel, M. (2022). The effect of inhomogeneous reionization on the Lyman α forest power spectrum at redshift z > 4: implications for thermal parameter recovery. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509(4), 6119-6137. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3416

We use the Sherwood–Relics suite of hybrid hydrodynamical and radiative transfer simulations to model the effect of inhomogeneous reionization on the 1D power spectrum of the Lyman α (Lyα) forest transmitted flux at redshifts 4.2 ≤ z ≤ 5. Relative to... Read More about The effect of inhomogeneous reionization on the Lyman α forest power spectrum at redshift z > 4: implications for thermal parameter recovery.

The effect of inhomogeneous reionisation on the Lyman-alpha forest power spectrum at redshift z > 4: implications for thermal parameter recovery (2021)
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Molaro, M., Iršič, V., BOLTON, J. S., Keating, L. C., Puchwein, E., Gaikwad, P., …Viel, M. (2021). The effect of inhomogeneous reionisation on the Lyman-alpha forest power spectrum at redshift z > 4: implications for thermal parameter recovery. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509(4), 6119–6137. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3416

We use the Sherwood–Relics suite of hybrid hydrodynamical and radiative transfer simulations to model the effect of inhomogeneous reionization on the 1D power spectrum of the Lyman α (Lyα) forest transmitted flux at redshifts 4.2 ≤ z ≤ 5. Relative to... Read More about The effect of inhomogeneous reionisation on the Lyman-alpha forest power spectrum at redshift z > 4: implications for thermal parameter recovery.