Early reionization and its cosmological implications

MANOJ KAPLINGHAT

Department of Physics, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA

E-mail: kaplinghat@ucdavis.edu

Abstract. We discuss how future CMB polarization measurements will provide detailed information about the reionization history and the implications of early reionization for cosmology.

Keywords. Cosmology; reionization; inflation.

PACS Nos 98.80.Bp; 98.80.Cq; 98.80.Es