对星系STIS123627+621755的红移z>6的证据
D Stern1, P Eisenhardt, H Spinrad
1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109, USA. stern@zwolfkinder.jpl.nasa.gov
Nature
|December 16, 2000
概括
高红移的星系对于了解早期星系形成至关重要. 对STIS123627+621755的新观测与其之前建议的6.68红移相矛盾,表明它可能更接近.
科学领域:
- 天文学和天体物理学
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
背景情况:
- 识别遥远的星系提供了对早期星系形成的直接见解.
- 高红移星系 (z > 5) 是微弱的,使数据的解释和识别具有挑战性,因为信号与噪声的比率较低.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究星系源STIS123627+621755的红移,以前建议它位于z = 6.68.
- 为了验证STIS123627+621755在高红移时的光谱能量分布和观测特性.
主要方法:
- 对星系源STIS123627+621755.5进行了光学和近红外观测.
- 分析了银河系在6700 Å的可检测性和在1.2微米的不可检测性.
主要成果:
- 银河系STIS123627+621755在6700年处被发现.
- 该星系在1.2微米处没有被检测到,这与对z ≈ 6.68.8红移的预期相矛盾.
- 观察数据强烈表明STIS123627+621755.5的红移低于6.
结论:
- 观察到的光学和近红外数据挑战了STIS123627+621755.5之前分配的6.68的红移.
- 这些发现需要对STIS123627+621755的红移进行修订,将其置于z < 6.
- 这项研究强调了识别和解释来自极其遥远星系的数据的困难.
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