超过120亿年前,一个强烈形成恒星的圆盘星系的螺旋形态
Takafumi Tsukui1,2, Satoru Iguchi3,2
1Department of Astronomical Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. t.tsukui@grad.nao.ac.jp.
概括
早期的螺旋星系结构,包括凸起和磁盘,在大爆炸后14亿年内形成. 这项研究揭示了一个遥远的强烈恒星形成的星系BRI 1335-0417.
科学领域:
- 宇宙进化
- 星系的形成和演变
- 早期宇宙的天体物理学
背景情况:
- 螺旋星系具有复杂的结构,如凸起,圆盘和螺旋臂.
- 这些结构在宇宙历史中的形成时间大多是未知的.
- 了解早期星系的形成对于理解宇宙的演变至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究螺旋星系结构的形成时间.
- 分析一个遥远的强烈形成恒星的星系的内部结构,
- 确定早期星系是否表现出成熟的结构组成部分.
主要方法:
- 对BRI 1335-0417星系的观测数据分析,红移值为4.41.
- 研究[C ii]气体运动学以推断内部动力学和形态学.
- 解读运动数据以识别像凸起,圆盘和螺旋臂/潮尾等特征.
主要成果:
- [C ii]气体动力学揭示了银河系中心附近的急剧速度上升.
- 观察到一个双臂螺旋形态,从2到5千帕塞克.
- 这些特征表明中心的凸起,一个旋转的气盘,和螺旋臂或潮尾巴.
结论:
- 在BRI 1335-0417中观察到的结构表明大爆炸后的14亿年内形成.
- 这意味着螺旋星系的关键结构组件比以前认为的要早得多.
- 早期的星系形成比模型所建议的更快,更复杂,发生在宇宙恒星形成的高峰之前.
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