People · researcher

Xiaohui Fan

Astronomy

Field
Astronomy
Nationality
Chinese-American

Known For

Found the first quasars beyond z = 6 in Sloan data and watched the Gunn–Peterson trough finally appear in their spectra — the observation that pins the end of reionization to roughly a billion years.

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Open on the People shelf — the interactive card, the filters, and everything alongside it.

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