ガンマ線爆発は赤偏移zで約8.2で発生する
N R Tanvir1, D B Fox, A J Levan
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK. nrt3@star.le.ac.uk
Nature
|October 30, 2009
まとめ
天文学者は,ビッグバンからわずか6億3000万年後に爆発した巨大な恒星からのガンマ線爆発 (GRB) を検出しました. この発見は観測可能な宇宙を前進させる.
科学分野:
- 天文学 天文学
- コスモロジー・コスモロジーとは
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
背景:
- 長期ガンマ線爆発 (GRB) は,大質量星の爆発的な死から発生します.
- これまでの最高赤道偏移記録はz = 6.96 (ライマン・アルファ発射銀河) でした.
研究 の 目的:
- ガンマ線爆発 (GRB) の検出を報告する.以前に観測されたよりも著しく高い赤偏移で.
- 宇宙における初期の恒星形成と恒星の死について調査する.
主な方法:
- GRB 090423.3の観測について
- 先進的な天文技術を用いた赤道移転測定.
主要な成果:
- GRB 090423は,約z = 8.2.2.の赤色移転で検出されました.
- これは,ビッグバンから約6億3000万年後に大規模な恒星形成と死が起こったことを示しています.
- GRBの位置は,宿主銀河の正確な位置を特定することを可能にしました.
結論:
- 巨大な恒星とGRBは,以前に確認されたよりもずっと早く宇宙に存在していました.
- GRBは,初期の宇宙を調査し,初期の銀河を特定するための貴重なツールです.
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