Una distorsión del número de galaxias de muy alto desplazamiento al rojo cuenta por lente gravitacional

J Stuart B Wyithe1, Haojing Yan, Rogier A Windhorst

  • 1School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. swyithe@unimelb.edu.au

Nature
|January 14, 2011
PubMed
Resumen

Las lentes gravitacionales impactan significativamente las observaciones de las primeras galaxias (desplazamiento al rojo z12), alterando potencialmente el recuento de números en diez veces. Los estudios futuros deben tener en cuenta este sesgo para estudiar con precisión el Universo temprano.

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