早期宇宙中的黑洞增长是自我调节的,并且在很大程度上隐藏在视野之外
Ezequiel Treister1, Kevin Schawinski, Marta Volonteri
1Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA. treister@ifa.hawaii.edu
Nature
|June 17, 2011
概括
星系中早期大质量黑洞的增长被严重低估. 这些黑洞与其宿主星系一起生长,但被气体和尘埃遮蔽,限制了它们对早期宇宙再离子化的影响.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 银河系的进化 银河系的进化
背景情况:
- 包括黑洞在内的第一批大质量物体的形成对于理解早期宇宙至关重要.
- 对这些早期物体的直接观测具有挑战性,限制了我们对黑洞形成通道的理解.
- 在早期宇宙中观察到的超大质量黑洞,由于快速增长,对它们的初始条件提供了有限的约束.
研究的目的:
- 测量星系中黑洞在红移z = 6-8 (0.95-0.7亿大爆炸后的年) 的增长.
- 了解黑洞及其宿主星系从最早的宇宙时代的共同进化.
- 评估早期黑洞增长对宇宙再电离的贡献.
主要方法:
- 利用最佳堆叠的档案X射线观测来测量黑洞的增长.
- 分析了X射线的辐射,以穿透气体和尘埃遮蔽.
- 聚焦在红移z=6-8的星系上,对应于早期的宇宙.
主要成果:
- 从最早的宇宙时期开始,黑洞与它们的主星系一起成长.
- 在这些早期时期,大多数正在积极增长的黑洞都被气体和尘埃严重掩盖.
- 来自这些黑洞的紫外线辐射暗淡表明,它们并没有对宇宙的再电离有显著的贡献.
结论:
- 黑洞的增长与银河系从最早阶段的演变密切相关.
- 显著的黑洞增长发生在早期的宇宙中,被遮蔽物质掩盖.
- 宇宙的再电离可能不是由这些早期的紫外线辐射驱动的,隐蔽的黑洞.
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