Publication List of Rennan Barkana
Refereed Publications
(Highlighted: physics and general
science journals)
64. Reconstructing the nature of the first
cosmic sources from the anisotropic 21-cm signal
by Anastasia Fialkov, Rennan Barkana,
and Aviad Cohen,
Physical Review Letters , accepted (2015)
63. The rich complexity of 21-cm fluctuations
produced by the first stars,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 445, 213 (2014)
62. High-redshift star formation in a
time-dependent Lyman-Werner background,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 445, 107 (2014)
61. The observable signature of late heating of the
Universe during cosmic reionization
by Anastasia Fialkov, Rennan Barkana,
and Eli Visbal,
Nature , 506, 197 (2014)
60. Complete history of the
observable 21 cm signal from the first stars during the pre-reionization era,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 437, 36 (2014)
59. The 21-cm signature of the first
stars during the Lyman-Werner feedback era,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 432, 2909 (2013)
58. Luminosity Bias. II.
The Cosmic Web of the First Stars,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
, 30, 36 (2013)
57. Studying cosmic reionization
with observations of the global 21-cm signal,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 424, 2551 (2012)
56. Impact of the relative motion
between the dark matter and baryons on the first stars: semi-analytical
modelling,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 424, 1335 (2012)
55. The signature of the first stars in
atomic hydrogen at redshift 20,
by Eli Visbal, Rennan Barkana, Anastasia Fialkov,
Dmitriy Tseliakhovich, and Christopher Hirata,
Nature ,
487, 70 (2012)
54. Profiles of Dark Matter Velocity
Anisotropy in Simulated Clusters,
The Astrophysical Journal , 752, 141 (2012)
53. Suppression and spatial variation of
early galaxies and minihalos,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 418, 906 (2011)
52. Triaxiality and non-thermal
gas pressure in Abell 1689,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 416, 2567 (2011)
51. The non-linear evolution of baryonic
overdensities in the early universe: initial conditions of numerical
simulations
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 416, 232 (2011)
50. Scale-Dependent Bias of Galaxies from
Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 415, 3113 (2011)
49. Quantifying the collisionless nature
of dark matter and galaxies in A1689
The Astrophysical Journal , 728, 40 (2011)
48. Strong-Lensing Analysis of a
Complete Sample of 12 MACS Clusters at z>0.5: Mass Models and
Einstein Radii
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 410, 1939 (2011)
47. Statistics of 21-cm fluctuations
in cosmic reionization simulations: PDFs and difference PDFs
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 408, 2373 (2010)
46. Measuring the History of
Cosmic Reionization using the 21-cm PDF from Simulations
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 406, 2521 (2010)
45. Concentrating the Dark Matter
in Galaxy Clusters through Tidal Stripping of Baryonically-Compressed
Galactic Halos Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 405, 1969 (2010)
44. Gas in Simulations of High Redshift
Galaxies and Minihalos Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 399, 369 (2009)
43. Dynamical Study of A1689 from
Wide-Field VLT/VIMOS Spectroscopy: Mass Profile, Concentration
Parameter, and Velocity Anisotropy
The Astrophysical Journal , 701, 1336 (2009)
42. Studying the sources of cosmic
reionization with 21-cm fluctuations
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 397, 1454 (2009)
41. The Infancy of Cosmic Reionization
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 391, 727 (2008)
40. Large Einstein Radii: A Problem
for ΛCDM Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 390, 1647 (2008)
39. Mass and Gas Profiles in
A1689: Joint X-ray and Lensing Analysis
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 386, 1092 (2008)
38. Detecting Early Galaxies Through Their
21-cm Signature Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society Letters , 385, 63 (2008)
37. The Difference PDF of 21-cm
Fluctuations: A Powerful Statistical
Tool for Probing Cosmic Reionization Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 384, 1069 (2008)
36. The Formation and Gas Content of
High Redshift Galaxies and Minihalos Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 377, 667 (2007)
35. The Physics and Early
History of the Intergalactic Medium
by Rennan Barkana and Abraham Loeb,
Reports on Progress in Physics , 70, 627
(2007)
34. On Correlated Random Walks and 21-cm
Fluctuations During Cosmic Reionization Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ,
376, 1784 (2007)
33. The First Stars in the
Universe Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society Letters , 373, 98 (2006)
32. Separating out the Alcock-Paczynski
Effect on 21-cm Fluctuations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 372, 259 (2006)
31. Light-Cone Anisotropy in 21-cm
Fluctuations during the Epoch of Reionization Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 372, 43 (2006)
30. Detecting Reionization in the
Star Formation Histories of High-Redshift Galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society , 371, 395 (2006)
29. The First Stars in the Universe
and Cosmic Reionization
by Rennan Barkana,
Science , 313, 931 (2006)
28. A Cosmic Relation between Extinction
and Star Formation Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society Letters , 368, 47 (2006)
27. Probing the Epoch of Early Baryonic
Infall Through 21-cm Fluctuations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society Letters , 363, 36 (2005)
26. Growth of Linear Perturbations before the
Era of the First Galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society , 362, 1047 (2005)
25. Detecting the Earliest Galaxies Through
Two New Sources of 21cm Fluctuations The Astrophysical Journal ,
626, 1 (2005)
24. A Method for Separating the Physics from the
Astrophysics of
High-Redshift 21cm Fluctuations The Astrophysical Journal Letters , 624, 65 (2005)
23. Was the Universe Reionized
at Redshift 10?
The Astrophysical Journal , 620, 553 (2005)
22. Unusually Large Fluctuations in the
Statistics of Galaxy Formation at High Redshift The Astrophysical Journal ,
609, 474 (2004)
21. GRBs versus Quasars: Lyman-alpha Signatures
of Reionization versus Cosmological Infall The Astrophysical Journal ,
601, 64 (2004)
20. A Model For Infall Around Virialized Halos
Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society , 347, 59 (2004)
19. Spectral Signature of Cosmological
Infall Around the First Quasars
by Rennan Barkana and Abraham Loeb, Nature , 421, 341 (2003)
18. Effective Screening due to Minihalos
during the Epoch of Reionization The Astrophysical Journal , 578, 1 (2002)
17. The Star Formation Rate Intensity
Distribution Function -- Comparison of Observations with Hierarchical
Galaxy Formation New Astronomy , 7, 337 (2002)
16. An Analytical Approach to Inhomogeneous
Structure Formation The Astrophysical Journal , 571, 585 (2002)
15. Did the Universe Reionize at Redshift Six?
New Astronomy , 7, 85 (2002)
14. Constraints on Warm Dark Matter from
Cosmological Reionization
The Astrophysical Journal , 558, 482 (2001)
13. In the Beginning: The First Sources of
Light and the Reionization of the Universe by
Rennan Barkana and Abraham Loeb, Physics Reports ,
349(2), 125 (2001)
here ]
12. The Reionization of the Universe by the
First Stars and Quasars
Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics , 39, 19 (2001)
11. Fuzzy Cold Dark Matter: The Wave Properties
of Ultralight Particles
by Wayne Hu, Rennan Barkana, and Andrei Gruzinov,
Physical Review Letters , 85, 1158 (2000)
10. Identifying the Reionization Redshift
from the Cosmic Star Formation Rate
The Astrophysical Journal , 539, 20 (2000)
9. High-Redshift Galaxies: Their Predicted
Size and Surface Brightness Distributions and Their Gravitational
Lensing Probability
The Astrophysical Journal , 531, 613 (2000)
8. The Photo-Evaporation of Dwarf
Galaxies During Reionization
The Astrophysical Journal , 523, 54 (1999)
7. A Reassessment of the Data and Models
of the Gravitational Lens Q0957+561
The Astrophysical Journal , 520, 479 (1999); covariance matrix from VLBI fits
available here
6. A Possible Gravitational Lens in the
Hubble Deep Field South
The Astrophysical Journal Letters , 513, 91 (1999)
5. Fast Calculation of a
Family of Elliptical Mass Gravitational Lens Models
The Astrophysical Journal , 502, 531
(1998); paper+code available
here
4. Analysis of Time Delays in the
Gravitational Lens PG 1115+080
The Astrophysical Journal , 489, 21 (1997)
3. Limits on a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves
from Gravitational Lensing
by Rennan Bar-Kana,
Physical Review D , 54, 7138 (1996)
2. Effect of Large-Scale Structure on Multiply Imaged Sources
The Astrophysical Journal , 468, 17 (1996)
1. Limits on Direct Detection of Gravitational Waves
by Rennan Bar-Kana, Physical Review D ,
50, 1157 (1994)
Media Stories Based on the 2014 Publication in
Nature are listed
here .
Media Stories Based on the 2012 Publication in
Nature are listed
here .
Media Stories Based on the 2006 Publication in
MNRAS Letters :
The First Star: Things Heated Up Quickly,
Scientists Say
Space.com , July 17, 2006,
available
here .
Media Stories Based on the 2003 Publication in
Nature are listed
here .
Media Stories Based on the Above Publication in
Physical Review Letters :
Globs in Space
New Scientist , August 26, 2000, p. 5,
also available
here
A Galactic Condensate Physical Review Focus
6 , story 5, August 9, 2000, available
here
Bose-Einstein offers view on dwarf galaxies
Laser Focus World 36 (10), October, 2000,
also available
here
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