一个放大的年轻星系从大爆炸后大约5亿年
Wei Zheng1, Marc Postman, Adi Zitrin
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA. zheng@pha.jhu.edu
Nature
|September 22, 2012
概括
早期的星系,对于理解宇宙再离子化至关重要,被使用引力透镜检测到. 这些微弱,年轻的星系似乎很丰富,可能为星系间介质提供动力.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 银河系的进化 银河系的进化
- 早期宇宙天体物理学 天体物理学
背景情况:
- 星系间介质的再电离发生在红移z ≈ 6-11左右.
- 年轻的星系,在大爆炸 (z 10) 后不到5亿年形成恒星,由于当前望远镜的灵敏度限制,它们在很大程度上尚未被探索.
- 了解这些早期星系是确定再电离辐射源的关键.
研究的目的:
- 为了检测和描述昏暗的,高红移的星系.
- 为了研究早期宇宙中的星系的特性.
- 确定负责银河间介质再电离的潜在来源.
主要方法:
- 利用星系团MACS J1149+2223的引力透镜来放大遥远的星系.
- 对星系团进行了多频段观测.
- 分析放大银河系数据以确定红移和形成时间.
主要成果:
- 检测到一个重力放大星系的红移z = 9.6 ± 0.2 (宇宙年龄为490 ±1500万年).
- 大爆炸后不到2亿年估计的星系形成 (形成红移14).
- 在这个早期的宇宙时代观察到大量的微弱星系.
结论:
- 微弱星系在早期宇宙中似乎很丰富,这表明它们可能主导了早期的再电离.
- 引力透镜是一种强大的工具,用于研究这些其他无法检测的早期星系.
- 这些发现为宇宙再电离的来源和机制提供了关键的见解.
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