几十亿年来从气体中形成的亚毫米明亮星系
Desika Narayanan1, Matthew Turk2, Robert Feldmann3
1Haverford College, 370 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041, USA.
Nature
|September 25, 2015
概括
一个新的宇宙模拟成功模拟了亚毫米亮度的星系,揭示了它们在巨大的暗物质中长期形成的恒星阶段. 这些发光的早期宇宙星系是通过气体落入而形成的, 而不是合并,
科学领域:
- 宇宙学和天体物理学
- 星系的形成和演变
背景情况:
- 在高红移的亚毫米亮度星系是远红外观测到的强烈恒星形成系统.
- 它们的物理起源和同时观察到的属性 (恒星质量,恒星形成率,气体分数,环境) 在模拟中仍然难以捉摸.
- 这些星系居住在巨大的暗物质中,
研究的目的:
- 开发一种能够复制观测到的亚毫米亮度星系属性的宇宙水力动态星系形成模拟.
- 研究这些发光,高红移星系的形成机制和进化途径.
主要方法:
- 使用宇宙水力动力学星系形成模拟.
- 专注于在巨大的暗物质中建模星系群.
- 分析了恒星形成速度,气体分数,恒星质量和环境影响.
主要成果:
- 模拟成功形成了一个亚毫米星系,
- 每年500-1000个太阳质量的峰值恒星形成率在两到三个红移的星系群中被观察到.
- 强烈的恒星形成是由气体储存所推动的,而不是主要的合并.
结论:
- 高红移星系的亚毫米亮度相较长,持续近10亿年.
- 这些星系对早期宇宙原始星团的质量积累做出了重大贡献.
- 许多亚毫米亮度的星系可能由多个未解决的组成部分组成.
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