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宇宙从0.1微米到1000微米的能量输出

The energy output of the Universe from 0.1 micron to 1000 micron

Simon P. Driver, Cristina C. Popescu, Richard J. Tuffs, Alister W. Graham, Jochen Liske, Ivan Baldry

摘要:

今天宇宙中电磁能量的主要来源(在紫外线,光学和近红外波长)是星光。然而,由于星际尘埃颗粒会衰减一些未知部分的光,因此难以量化产生的星光数量。结合最近校准的星系尘埃模型和对10,000个邻近星系的观测,我们发现(在所有星系类型和方向上进行整合)只有(11 +/- 2)%的0.1微米光子逃离了它们的宿主星系;这个值在2.1微米时线性上升(log(lambda))到(87 +/- 3)%。我们推断,从附近宇宙的恒星输出的能量是(1.6+/-0.2)× 10^{35} W Mpc^{-3},其中(0.9+/-0.1)× 10^{35} W Mpc^{-3}直接逃逸到星系间介质中。尘埃衰减的一些进一步的后果进行了讨论,并提供了方程,纠正个别星系通量测量其影响。

英文摘要:

The dominant source of electromagnetic energy in the Universe today (over ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared wavelengths) is starlight. However, quantifying the amount of starlight produced has proven difficult due to interstellar dust grains which attenuate some unknown fraction of the light. Combining a recently calibrated galactic dust model with observations of 10,000 nearby galaxies we find that (integrated over all galaxy types and orientations) only (11 +/- 2)% of the 0.1 micron photons escape their host galaxies; this value rises linearly (with log(lambda)) to (87 +/- 3)% at 2.1 micron. We deduce that the energy output from stars in the nearby Universe is (1.6+/-0.2) x 10^{35} W Mpc^{-3} of which (0.9+/-0.1) x 10^{35} W Mpc^{-3} escapes directly into the inter-galactic medium. Some further ramifications of dust attenuation are discussed, and equations that correct individual galaxy flux measurements for its effect are provided.

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