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最も巨大な銀河の初期の集合
Chris A Collins1, John P Stott, Matt Hilton
1Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Twelve Quays House, Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead, CH41 1LD, UK. cac@astro.livjm.ac.uk
Nature
|April 3, 2009
まとめ
最も明るい銀河団は,ビッグバンからわずか45億~50億年後に,その恒星質量の90%以上をほぼ完全に構成していた. この発見は銀河形成モデルに異議を唱え,長期にわたる階層的構成ではなく,急速な初期の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
- コスモロジー・コスモロジーとは
背景:
- 銀河は,初期の宇宙の密度の変動から形成され,星形成や合併によって成長すると考えられています.
- 銀河の集まりのタイミングは,特に巨大な銀河の場合は,天体物理学における議論のテーマです.
研究 の 目的:
- 最も明るい銀河団銀河 (BCG) の集合のタイムラインを調査する.
- BCGの恒星質量の観測データを,現在の銀河形成モデルの予測と比較する.
主な方法:
- 約90億年前のBCGの恒星質量の分析.
- これらの質量を現在の恒星質量と比較する.
主要な成果:
- BCGは,ビッグバンから40億~50億年後の最終的な恒星質量の90%以上に達していた.
- この初期の時代の観測された恒星質量は,最近の銀河形成モデルの予測と著しく異なる.
結論:
- BCGは,宇宙の初期に急速な成長期を経験する.
- 現在の銀河形成モデルは,大規模な銀河の早期の急速な集合を考慮するために,改訂する必要があるかもしれません.
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