在100亿年前的星系形成的高峰期,强烈的バリオン盘星系
R Genzel1,2, N M Förster Schreiber1, H Übler1
1Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany.
Nature
|March 17, 2017
概括
早期的大质量星系是重子占主导地位的,比局部星系少有暗物质. 这项研究揭示了它们外部盘的旋转速度的下降, 挑战了标准的暗物质模型.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学
- 星系的形成和演变
- 天体物理学
背景情况:
- 冷暗物质 (CDM) 宇宙学认为星系嵌入暗物质光环.
- 局部星系的旋转曲线显示与半径的速度不变或增加,支持CDM.
- 之前的研究表明早期银河系的高 baryons 分数, 但关于暗物质质量是不确定的.
研究的目的:
- 在巨大的恒星形成星系中研究外盘的旋转曲线.
- 在早期宇宙中测试标准冷暗物质模型的预测.
- 在早期星系形成过程中了解重子和暗物质的作用.
主要方法:
- 对六个巨大的恒星形成星系的旋转曲线 (旋转速度与磁盘半径) 的观察.
- 从旋转速度推断出的动态质量的分析.
- 推断的动态质量与恒星和气体质量估计的比较.
主要成果:
- 发现高红移星系外盘的旋转速度随半径的增加而下降.
- 这种趋势表明大质量早期星系中存在着显著的子主导.
- 观察到的减少表明,与局部宇宙相比,早期的宇宙中暗物质的度较低.
结论:
- 早期宇宙中的大质量星系比以前的假设更为重.
- 高红移的星系盘经历了大量的压力变化,原因是速度分散很大.
- 在早期的宇宙中, 子在暗物质光环的中心有效地缩.
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