在宇宙的黎明时刻,一颗尘埃落在星系和类星体之间的紧物体
S Fujimoto1,2, G B Brammer3,4, D Watson3,4
1Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN), Copenhagen, Denmark. fujimoto@nbi.ku.dk.
Nature
|April 14, 2022
概括
天文学家发现了GNz7q,这是早期宇宙中的一个独特的物体,可能显示了尘埃覆盖的星爆阶段的早期超大质量黑洞,为类星体进化提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学和天体物理学
- 早期宇宙黑洞的形成
- 银河系的演变
背景情况:
- 在早期宇宙中形成超大质量黑洞是一个重大挑战.
- 在大爆炸后的7亿年里, 已经发现了发光类星体.
- 模拟表明类星体从尘埃遮蔽的星体爆发演变为没有遮蔽的光阶段.
研究的目的:
- 在早期宇宙中研究超大质量黑洞的形成和生长.
- 为了识别高红移转的类星体.
- 了解星体爆发和发光类星体之间的进化联系.
主要方法:
- 观测紫外线紧物体GNz7q的红移值为7.1899.
- 深度,高分辨率成像和无裂纹光谱.
- 分析尘埃排放,恒星形成速度和X射线昏暗.
主要成果:
- 发现了GNz7q,这是一个尘埃覆盖的星爆星系,有着明亮的尘埃辐射.
- 在GNz7q中识别紫外线的紧物体.
- GNz7q呈现出极微弱的X射线辐射,这表明它是一个新生的黑洞或紧的恒星形成区域.
结论:
- GNz7q是未被遮蔽的发光类星体的潜在前身.
- 这些发现与黑洞和类星体演变的宇宙学模拟相一致.
- 这一发现为早期超大质量黑洞生长阶段提供了关键的观测证据.
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