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Investigation of Early Plasma Evolution Induced by Ultrashort Laser Pulses
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ビッグバンから1ギガガイア未満のクエーサーのキロパーセック規模のハイパースターバーストが宿主である
Fabian Walter1, Dominik Riechers, Pierre Cox
1Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany. walter@mpia.de
Nature
|February 6, 2009
まとめ
初期の銀河は,局所銀河とは異なり,広い領域で星を形成していた. この研究は,z=6.42クワザーの宿主銀河の恒星形成を750pcの範囲で明らかにし,大規模な球形構造の急速な成長を示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 天文学と天体物理学について
- 宇宙進化の宇宙進化について
- 銀河の形成 銀河の形成
背景:
- クエサールは,超大質量ブラックホールによって駆動される,非常に明るく活発な銀河核です.
- 初期の宇宙の銀河は高い恒星形成率を示していますが,この活動の規模はほとんど理解されていません.
- 局所的な明るい銀河は,初期の銀河形成モデルと対照的に,コンパクトな星爆発 (<100 pc) を示しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 恒星形成の空間的分布を,高赤位移転クエーサー (SDSS J114816.64+525150.3) の宿主銀河で調査する.
- 初期の宇宙における星形成のスケールを,局所銀河で観測されたものと比較する.
- 巨大な銀河構造の形成への影響を理解する.
主な方法:
- 宿主銀河からの[C ii]放射の空間解像度画像.
- 恒星形成活動を推定するための赤外線光の分析.
- 観測されたスケールと局所銀河のベンチマーク (Arp 220など) の比較.
主要な成果:
- クワザール宿主銀河の恒星形成ガスは,約750pcの半径に分布しています.
- 恒星形成率の表面密度は1,000年です (-1) kpc (-2),地元の星爆発のピーク値に匹敵します.
- 恒星形成領域は,局所的な明るい銀河に比べて,かなり大きい (2桁の大きさ).
結論:
- 初期の宇宙の星形成は,局所宇宙よりもはるかに大きなスケールで起こります.
- この広範囲で活発な恒星形成は,初期の銀河の巨大な球形構成要素を構築する上で重要なプロセスである可能性が高い.
- この発見は,原始銀河におけるコンパクトな星爆発に関する以前の仮定に異議を唱えている.
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