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Probing Ultra-late Reionization: Direct Measurements of the Mean Free Path over $5
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
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Zhu, Yongda; Becker, George D.; Christenson, Holly M.; D'Aloisio, Anson; Bosman, Sarah E. I.; Bakx, Tom; D'Odorico, Valentina; Bischetti, Manuela; Cain, Christopher; Davies, Frederick B.; Davies, Rebecca L.; Eilers, Anna-Christina; Fan, Xiaohui; Gaikwad, Prakash; Haehnelt, Martin G.; Keating, Laura C.; Kulkarni, Girish; Lai, Samuel; Ma, Hai-Xia; Mesinger, Andrei; Qin, Yuxiang; Satyavolu, Sindhu; Takeuchi, Tsutomu T.; Umehata, Hideki; Yang, Jinyi
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Abstract
The mean free path of ionizing photons, $\lambda_{\rm mfp}$, is a critical parameter for modeling the intergalactic medium (IGM) both during and after reionization. We present direct measurements of $\lambda_{\rm mfp}$ from QSO spectra over the redshift range $5