在天空平均频谱中以78兆赫为中心的吸收谱
Judd D Bowman1, Alan E E Rogers2, Raul A Monsalve1,3,4
1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA.
Nature
|March 2, 2018
概括
科学家发现早期恒星与原始气相互作用的无线电信号扭曲. 这个信号
科学领域:
- 宇宙学
- 天体物理学
- 无线电天文学
背景情况:
- 早期的恒星发出紫外线, 影响了原始的气.
- 预计这种相互作用会产生可观测的无线电频谱扭曲.
研究的目的:
- 探测和分析早期宇宙中早期恒星造成的光谱扭曲.
- 调查观察到的信号与理论预测之间的差异.
主要方法:
- 在200兆赫以下的频率上观测空中平均的无线电频谱.
- 检测到的吸收概况的分析以78兆赫为中心.
主要成果:
- 检测具有特定频率和振幅特征的平坦吸收形状.
- 观察到的幅度明显高于标准天体物理模型的预测.
结论:
- 这种差异表明原始气体或更热的背景辐射.
- 暗物质与子相互作用是观察到的信号幅度的一个潜在解释.
- 大爆炸后1.8亿年的早期恒星形成和莱曼α光子背景的证据.
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