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z ~ 2.5的两个大质量古老星系的形态

Morphologies of Two Massive Old Galaxies at z ~ 2.5

Alan Stockton, Elizabeth McGrath, Gabriela Canalizo, Masanori Iye, Toshinori Maihara

摘要:

我们提出的NICMOS成像的两个大质量星系光度选择有老恒星星族在z ~ 2.5的结果。这两个星系都被古老恒星的视星盘所支配,尽管其中一个也有一个小的凸起,大约占静止框架4800 A处光线的1/3。在高红移时,老恒星的大质量盘的存在意味着早期宇宙中至少有一些大质量星系是直接由大量气体的耗散坍缩形成的。在这样的圆盘中形成的恒星可能对现时代大质量球状体的恒星星族做出了重大贡献。

英文摘要:

We present the results of NICMOS imaging of two massive galaxies photometrically selected to have old stellar populations at z ~ 2.5. Both galaxies are dominated by apparent disks of old stars, although one of them also has a small bulge comprising about 1/3 of the light at rest-frame 4800 A. The presence of massive disks of old stars at high redshift means that at least some massive galaxies in the early universe have formed directly from the dissipative collapse of a large mass of gas. The stars formed in disks like these may have made significant contributions to the stellar populations of massive spheroids at the present epoch.

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