地球质量的暗物质光环是早期宇宙中的第一个结构
1Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
Nature
|January 28, 2005
概括
在宇宙中形成的第一个物体是众多的,地球质量的暗物质光环. 这些稳定的结构,模拟使用中性暗物质,可通过玛射线发射检测.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 粒子物理学 粒子物理学
背景情况:
- 早期的宇宙 (红移z=100) 几乎是光滑的,物质分布的微小波动.
- 这些波动的引力崩在大爆炸后启动了结构的形成.
- 暗物质的性质是现代科学中一个主要的未解决的问题.
研究的目的:
- 在协同宇宙学模型中模拟结构形成.
- 为了研究早期形成物体的特性,假设中性暗物质.
- 确定第一个暗物质结构的数量和特征.
主要方法:
- 使用超级计算机模拟.
- 采用了和宇宙学模型与中性暗物质.
- 分析了模拟暗物质光环的稳定性和分布.
主要成果:
- 确定了许多地球质量的暗物质光环,其大小与太阳系相当,是第一个形成的结构.
- 这些光环在引力上是稳定的,即使在像银河系中心这样的密集区域.
- 预计银河系光环中存在超过1015个这样的光环.
结论:
- 最初的宇宙结构是小的,地球质量的暗物质光环.
- 中性暗物质模拟预测稳定,早期形成的结构的高丰度.
- 这些光环是可检测的马射线的潜在来源,由于粒子灭绝.
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