星系的块状分布可以与光滑的X射线背景相协调吗?
1Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Nature
|December 19, 1970
概括
的X射线背景图.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- X射线天文学X射线天文学
背景情况:
- 观察到的X射线背景强度是一个难题.
- 像星系团这样的大规模结构可能会产生超过当前观测的波动.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查X射线背景的起源.
- 将理论模型与观测数据相协调.
主要方法:
- 从星系结构预测的X射线波动与观测数据的比较.
- 对X射线背景属性的等级宇宙模型的评估.
主要成果:
- 来自星系团和超级星系团的波动与观察到的X射线背景水平不一致.
- 在X射线源分布镜像质量分布的等级模型中,质量分布是无效的.
结论:
- X射线背景很可能来自于众多平稳分布的低亮度物体,而不是明亮的光学星系.
- 当前的等级宇宙模型需要修订,以解释X射线背景.
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