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    Constraining reionization using the thermal history of the baryons

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    The thermal evolution of the intergalactic medium (IGM) depends on the reionization history of the universe. Numerical simulations indicate that the low density IGM, which is responsible for the low column density Ly-alpha forest, follows a well defined temperature-density relation. This results in a cut-off in the distribution of line widths as a function of column density. We use hydrodynamic simulations to calibrate the relation between the cut-off and the temperature-density relation and apply this relation to Keck spectra spanning a redshift range z=2-4.5. We find that the temperature peaks at z~3 and interpret this as evidence for reheating due to the reionization of helium.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in "Cosmic evolution and galaxy formation: Structure, interactions, and feedback", eds. J. Franco et a

    Observaci贸n y an谩lisis de sistemas astrof铆sicos usando fen贸menos de lentes gravitacionales

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    Tesis (Doctor en Astronom铆a)--Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba, Facultad de Matem谩tica, Astronom铆a, F铆sica y Computaci贸n, 2017.Presentamos el desarrollo de un c贸digo destinado al an谩lisis de im谩genes fotom茅tricas para la determinaci贸n de masas de sistemas de galaxias, mediante el fen贸meno de lente d茅bil. Luego de ser testeado en una serie de im谩genes simuladas, analizamos una muestra de c煤mulos de galaxias de baja luminosidad en rayos-X. Obtuvimos una buena correlaci贸n entre las masas de lentes estimadas y las luminosidades de rayos-X, la cual se corresponde con otras determinaciones de esta relaci贸n. Para aquellos sistemas con mayor relaci贸n se帽al-ruido, estimamos la distribuci贸n de densidad identific谩ndose un candidato a c煤mulo en interacci贸n. Adem谩s, analizamos una extensa muestra de grupos y c煤mulos de galaxias utilizando t茅cnicas de apilamiento, para la cual se estudio la relaci贸n masa-riqueza y se vincul贸 con la distribuci贸n de ocupaci贸n de halos. Finalmente, presentamos resultados preliminares sobre el an谩lisis de un c煤mulo de galaxias recientemente clasificado como candidato a sistema en interacci贸n.We present the developenent of a pipeline for the lensing analysis of ground-based images to obtain the masses of galaxy systems. After it was tested in simulated data we analized a sample low X-ray luminosity galaxy clusters. The correlation between our weak lensing mass determinations and the X-ray luminosities is suitably fitted by other estimations of the mass-luminosity relations. For the systems with larger signal-to-noise ratio, we derive the density distribution, from which we detect a possible merging system. Also, we analyzed a large sample of groups and clusters of galaxies using stacking techniques. For this sample we derive the mass-richness relation and we compare it with the halo occupation distribution. Finally, we present preliminary results of the analysis of a galaxy cluster recently classified as a possible interacting system
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