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Fuerte absorción amortiguada de Lyman-α en las galaxias jóvenes de formación estelar en los desplazamientos al rojo 9
Kasper E Heintz1,2, Darach Watson1,2, Gabriel Brammer1,2
1Cosmic Dawn Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 23, 2024
Resumen
Las primeras galaxias contienen cantidades sorprendentemente grandes de hidrógeno atómico neutro (H I), crucial para la formación de estrellas. Este descubrimiento, usando JWST, desafía los modelos anteriores del universo temprano y la evolución de las galaxias.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Cosmología
- Evolución de las galaxias
- La astrofísica
Sus antecedentes:
- El gas atómico neutro primordial (HI) es esencial para la formación de estrellas en las galaxias.
- Las restricciones directas en H I en las primeras galaxias son escasas.
- Comprender el contenido de gas de las primeras galaxias es clave para la evolución cósmica.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para restringir la cantidad de hidrógeno atómico neutro (H I) en las galaxias en los primeros tiempos cósmicos (redshifts 8).
- Para investigar la naturaleza rica en gas de las galaxias jóvenes en formación estelar en el universo temprano.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de los datos de la espectroscopia de infrarrojo cercano del Telescopio Espacial James Webb (JWST).
- Identificación de fuertes características de absorción de Lyman-α amortiguadas en galaxias distantes.
- Mediciones espectroscópicas del corrimiento al rojo para determinar distancias cósmicas.
Principales resultados:
- Tres galaxias con desplazamientos al rojo de 8.8, 10.2 y 11.4 (400-600 millones de años después del Big Bang) mostraron una fuerte absorción de H I.
- Estas galaxias exhiben densidades de columna H I superiores a 10^22 cm^2.
- Estas densidades son un orden de magnitud mayor de lo previsto para un medio intergaláctico neutro.
Conclusiones:
- Las primeras galaxias de formación estelar pueden ser significativamente ricas en gas de hidrógeno atómico neutro.
- Los hallazgos sugieren un depósito más sustancial de H I que el modelado previamente para el universo temprano.
- Esta población de galaxias puede jugar un papel crítico en la formación de la estructura cósmica temprana.
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