宇宙微波背景辐射温度的红移值为2.34
R Srianand1, P Petitjean, C Ledoux
1IUCAA, Pune, India. anand@iucaa.ernet.in
Nature
|January 5, 2001
概括
太空微波背景辐射在过去更温暖,这是新的测量证实. 这一发现支持热大爆炸模型,该模型预测温度随着红移而增加.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 原子物理 原子物理
背景情况:
- 热大爆炸模型预测宇宙微波背景辐射 (CMBR) 温度随着红移而增加.
- 当前的CMBR温度在红移z=0时被精确测量为2.726 +/- 0.010K.
- 以前的研究只能在更高的红移时设定CMBR温度的上限.
研究的目的:
- 在特定的高红移 (z = 2.3371) 时测量CMBR温度.
- 测试热大爆炸模型关于CMBR温度演变的预测.
- 为了克服以前上限测量的局限性.
主要方法:
- 使用从中性碳的原子细结构水平的吸收线.
- 分析分子的旋转转变.
- 测量单离子化碳的细结构线.
主要成果:
- 从中性碳细结构水平检测到的吸收线在z = 2.3371.1.
- 证实了分子和单离子碳的存在.
- 在z = 2.3371时限制CMBR温度在6.0K和14K之间.
结论:
- 在早期宇宙中,CMBR是显著更温暖的.
- 测量的温度与热大爆炸模型的9.1K预测保持一致.
- 这项研究首次直接测量了高红移时的CMBR温度.
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