一个扭曲的非常高的红移星系数量由引力透镜计算
J Stuart B Wyithe1, Haojing Yan, Rogier A Windhorst
1School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. swyithe@unimelb.edu.au
Nature
|January 14, 2011
概括
引力透镜显著影响早期星系的观测 (红移z12),可能会改变数量计数的十倍. 未来的调查必须考虑这种偏差,以准确研究早期宇宙.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 银河系的形成和进化
背景情况:
- 高红移星系 (z7) 对于理解宇宙再离子化至关重要.
- 标准模型预测引力透镜可以扭曲早期星系的流量和数量计数.
- 透镜的原始概率很低 (~0.5%),但观测偏差可以增加这一点.
研究的目的:
- 调查引力透镜对z12.12处星系观测特性的主导作用.
- 为量化由于透镜而导致银河系数量计数的潜在修改.
- 评估透镜对早期恒星形成活动研究的影响.
主要方法:
- 对观察到的高红移量候选星系数量计的统计分析.
- 模拟引力透镜对流量和数量测量的影响.
- 预测的透镜效应与观察偏差的比较.
主要成果:
- 重力透镜可能会主导z12.12处星系的观测属性.
- 由于透镜,数量计数可以通过一个数量级进行修改.
- 大多数透镜星系可能出现在更亮的前景星系 (z≈2) 附近的多重成像系统中.
结论:
- 由于透镜形成,高红移和前景星系的关联可能已经被观察到 (z≈10.6).
- 未来的星系调查需要设计,以减轻或考虑显著的引力透镜偏差.
- 准确地描述早期恒星形成活动需要了解透镜效应.
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