对于GRB 050904 的z = 6.39 +/- 0.12 的光度红移
J B Haislip1, M C Nysewander, D E Reichart
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 3255, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Nature
|March 10, 2006
概括
我们发现了马射线爆发 (GRB) 的后照在红移z = 6.3时,这是这些宇宙事件的记录. 这一发现表明,GRB是研究早期宇宙的强大工具.
科学领域:
- 宇宙爆炸和短暂的天文事件.
- 早期宇宙的宇宙学和天体物理学.
背景情况:
- 马射线爆发 (GRBs) 是一种异常发光的短暂现象.
- 预计GRB及其后照将可观测到红移z ≈ 20.
- 这些事件提供了作为早期宇宙探测器的潜力.
研究的目的:
- 报告发现GRB 050904.4近红外后照的发现.
- 为了确定GRB 050904的红移,使用后发光观测.
- 评估GRB作为早期宇宙探测器的实用性.
主要方法:
- 对GRB 050904.4近红外后照的观测.
- 试图检测到光学后照.
- 基于后照数据的摄像度红移估计.
- 光谱红移确认.
主要成果:
- 发现了GRB 050904.4的明亮的近红外后照.
- 光度红移被确定为z = 6.39 - 0.12 + 0.11.
- 频谱红移在z = 6.29 ± 0.01时得到确认,与光度估计一致.
- 确定GRB 050904是迄今为止发现的最遥远的GRB后照.
结论:
- GRB被证实是研究早期宇宙的有价值工具.
- 观测到的GRB后光使得可以追踪恒星形成历史.
- 早期宇宙的金属性和再电离史可以使用GRB来研究.
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