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对于在亚毫米波长的星系,红移的中位数为2.4
S C Chapman1, A W Blain, R J Ivison
1California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
Nature
|April 18, 2003
概括
早期宇宙中的星系被尘埃所隐藏,通过亚毫米 (submm) 观测揭示出来. 光谱红移显示这些发光的尘土星系与类星体共存,影响了宇宙进化.
科学领域:
- 宇宙微波背景辐射宇宙微波背景辐射
- 银河系的进化 银河系的进化
- 高红移天文学 高红移天文学
背景情况:
- 早期宇宙的能量输出由明亮的,尘埃覆盖的星系主导.
- 亚毫米 (submm) 星系具有重要意义,但由于仪器的限制,它们的研究具有挑战性.
- 确定亚毫米星系的红移 (z) 对理解它们的性质和宇宙进化至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定十个已识别的亚毫米星系的光谱红移.
- 为了研究大质量黑洞增长和发光的尘土星系之间的关系.
- 为了评估高红移时的小毫米星系的空间密度和宇宙意义.
主要方法:
- 使用高分辨率无线电观测识别亚毫米星系.
- 对已识别的星系样本进行光谱红移测定.
- 对星系空间密度的分析和与当今发光星系的比较.
主要成果:
- 对10个小于毫米的星系获得的光谱红移.
- 样本中红移的中位数为2.4 (四分位数范围为1.9-2.8).
- 在z > 2处的submm星系的空间密度大约是当今同等星系的1000倍.
结论:
- 亚毫米星系与类星体活动的峰值并存,这表明黑洞增长和发光的尘土星系进化之间存在联系.
- 亚MM星系是早期宇宙中恒星形成的关键组成部分.
- 高分辨率的无线电观测对于研究这些以前模糊的星系是有效的.
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