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広範囲にわたる恒星形成によって明らかになったように,クラスターの円銀河の形成
J A Stevens1, R J Ivison, J S Dunlop
1Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, University of Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK. as@roe.ac.uk
Nature
|September 19, 2003
まとめ
銀河団の中の巨大な銀河は,初期の宇宙の時代に星を急速に形成します. 深部サブミリメートルマッピングは,これまで検出されなかった伴星銀河を明らかにし,プロトクラスターにおける同期銀河形成のモデルをサポートしています.
科学分野:
- 宇宙の進化とは,宇宙の進化である.
- 銀河の形成と進化について
- 観測による天体物理学.
背景:
- 現在の宇宙の巨大な銀河は,豊かな銀河団の中心にある.
- これらの銀河は古い恒星集団を示しており,初期の宇宙の時代に恒星が形成されたことを示している.
- 銀河形成モデルは,巨大な銀河が,初期の宇宙の高密度ピークから発生し,しばしばプロトクラスターと関連していると予測しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 高赤道偏移のラジオ銀河とその環境における恒星形成活動を調査する.
- 巨大な円銀河の起源に関する銀河形成モデルの予測をテストする.
- 現在の大規模な銀河団の潜在的祖先銀河を特定し,特徴づけること.
主な方法:
- 高赤偏移の7つのラジオ銀河とその周囲の環境の深度サブミリメートルマッピング.
- スター形成活動を特定するために,サブミリメートル放射の検出と分析.
- 観測データと銀河形成モデルの比較.
主要な成果:
- 標的にされた高赤偏移のラジオ銀河の内部で,大規模な恒星形成の空間的に拡張された領域が確認されました.
- 重要な恒星形成活動を示す,以前に検出されなかった伴星銀河を発見した.
- これらの伴星銀河の観測された分布,方向,および推論された質量.
結論:
- この発見は,プロトクラスターにおける同期銀河形成のモデルを裏付けている.
- この研究は,今日の巨大な円銀河へと進化した銀河群の初期の集合に関する観測的証拠を提供します.
- サブミリメートルの観測は,初期の宇宙の隠れた星形成を明らかにするために重要です.
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