在早期宇宙中的无尘类星体
Linhua Jiang1, Xiaohui Fan, W N Brandt
1Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. ljiang@email.arizona.edu
Nature
|March 19, 2010
概括
早期宇宙中的类星体缺乏热尘,这表明它们是年轻的,第一代物体. 它们的热尘量与黑洞的增长相关,不像较老的类星体.
科学领域:
- 天文学 天文学
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
背景情况:
- 红移z~6的遥远类星体表现出类似于低红移类星体的特性.
- 这种相似性表明进化了物体,与早期宇宙年龄 (当前年龄的7%) 相矛盾.
- 以前的观测发现一个z~6类星体缺乏热尘,这引发了关于高红移尘埃特性的问题.
研究的目的:
- 在z~6个类星体中调查热尘的普遍性.
- 确定没有热尘埃的类星体是否只存在于早期宇宙中.
- 了解热灰尘丰富度与黑洞质量演变之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 分析了21个类星体在红移z~6.6的样本.
- 搜索热尘的可检测的辐射.
- 与中央黑洞质量相比,热尘的丰富度.
主要成果:
- 在21 z~6个类星体中发现了一个没有可检测到热尘的第二个类星体.
- 没有发现低红移的这些热无尘类星体的对应物.
- 证明在z~6个类星体中热尘的丰富度与黑洞质量增长相关,而不是在低红移下.
结论:
- z~6个类星体代表了一个早期的进化阶段,具有快速的增积和尘埃形成.
- 观察到的两个没有热尘的类星体很可能是第一代物体.
- 这些年轻的类星体起源于没有尘埃的环境中,并且还没有形成显著的热尘.
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