强烈的恒星爆发HDF 850.1在一个星系的过度密度在z ≈ 5.2在哈勃太空望远镜深场
Fabian Walter1, Roberto Decarli, Chris Carilli
1Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany. walter@mpia.de
Nature
|June 16, 2012
概括
天文学家通过深空观测发现了一个遥远的星系,HDF850.1. 这个星系具有很高的红移 (z=5.183),表明它是在宇宙早期形成的,并且是一个充满活力的恒星形成区域.
科学领域:
- 太空进化的宇宙进化
- 银河系的形成和进化
- 观测天体物理学 观测天体物理学
背景情况:
- 哈勃深度场 (HDF) 提供了远方宇宙的深度多波长视图,揭示了成千上万的星系.
- HDF850.1,在850微米的HDF中最明亮的源,在十多年前被确定,但缺乏在更短的波长上的对应物,阻碍了表征.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定神秘的HDF850.1.1.的红移,大小和质量.
- 为了研究这个强烈形成恒星的星系的属性和宇宙背景.
主要方法:
- 进行毫米波分子线扫描以检测光谱线.
- 利用深场观测和多波长数据分析.
主要成果:
- 确定了HDF850.1的z = 5.183的精确红移,将其置于大爆炸后110亿年宇宙年龄的星系过密中.
- 在5千帕塞克尺度上空间解析了源头,揭示了每年850个太阳质量的恒星形成率和~1.3 x 10^11个太阳质量的动态质量,具有显著的分子气体成分.
- 发现这种红移比以前识别的大多数毫米以下明亮星系高.
结论:
- HDF850.1代表了早期宇宙中一个非常活跃和巨大的星系.
- 尽管精确的定位,但发射恒星光的对应物仍未被检测到,这表明它具有不寻常的特性或模糊的形成.
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