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在发光的圆星系中,存在大量的低质量恒星群
Pieter G van Dokkum1, Charlie Conroy
1Astronomy Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connectitcut, USA. pieter.vandokkum@yale.edu
Nature
|December 3, 2010
概括
早期的宇宙星系形成的低质量恒星比以前想象的要多得多. 观测显示,低质量恒星主导圆星系中的恒星群体,影响我们对恒星初始质量函数 (IMF) 的理解.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 恒星进化 恒星进化
- 银河系天文学 天文学
背景情况:
- 恒星初始质量函数 (IMF) 对于天体物理学来说至关重要,但在银河系外和早期宇宙环境中受到很少的约束.
- 之前的研究缺乏信号与噪声比率,无法在遥远的星系中对IMF进行明确的表征.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究圆星系中的IMF,使用低质量恒星的光谱特征.
- 为了确定低质量恒星的丰富性和对早期星系的恒星总质量的贡献.
主要方法:
- 在圆星系的光谱中观察到Na (I) 双重和Wing-Ford分子FeH波段.
- 分析了指示质量低于0.3太阳质量的恒星的光谱线.
- 解释线强度以推断低质量恒星的存在和丰富性.
主要成果:
- 毫不含糊地检测到圆星系中低质量恒星的光谱特征.
- 发现的低质量恒星占恒星群体的80%以上,占恒星质量的60%以上.
- 与银河系圆盘相比,显示了较高比例的低质量恒星.
结论:
- 在巨大的早期恒星形成星系中,IMF倾向于产生比银河系更多的低质量恒星.
- 早期宇宙IMF可能比Salpeter形式更,在0.1到1太阳质量之间.
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