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对第一个星系中的冷气体、尘埃、恒星形成和AGN进行成像

Imaging the cool gas, dust, star formation, and AGN in the first galaxies

C. L. Carilli, S. Myers, P. Appleton, F. Bertoldi, A. Blain, D. Dale, X. Fan, Y. Li, K. Menten, K. Nagamine, D. Narayanan, A. Omont, M. Strauss, Yoshi Taniguchi… 展开作者

C. L. Carilli, S. Myers, P. Appleton, F. Bertoldi, A. Blain, D. Dale, X. Fan, Y. Li, K. Menten, K. Nagamine, D. Narayanan, A. Omont, M. Strauss, Yoshi Taniguchi, J. Wagg, F. Walter, A. Wolfe, A. Wootten, M. S. Yun

摘要:

第一个星系和超大质量黑洞(SMBH)是何时、如何形成的,它们又是如何使宇宙再电离的?第一星系形成和宇宙再电离是宇宙结构形成研究的最新前沿。我们描绘了详细的天体物理探测早期星系和SMBH的形成所提供的观测厘米到亚毫米波长。这些观测包括对分子气体(=星系中恒星形成的燃料)、原子精细结构线(=占主导地位的ISM气体冷却剂)、热尘埃连续辐射(=理想的恒星形成率估计器)以及恒星形成和相对论喷流的射电连续辐射的研究。高分辨率光谱成像可用于研究亚千秒差距尺度的星系动力学和恒星形成。这些厘米和毫米观测是对探测恒星和电离气体的近红外观测和揭示活动星系核的X射线观测的必要补充。总之,一套革命性的天文台计划在未来十年从厘米到X射线波长将提供必要的全色视图的复杂过程中涉及的形成第一代星系和SMBH,和宇宙再电离。

英文摘要:

When, and how, did the first galaxies and supermassive black holes (SMBH) form, and how did they reionization the Universe? First galaxy formation and cosmic reionization are among the last frontiers in studies of cosmic structure formation. We delineate the detailed astrophysical probes of early galaxy and SMBH formation afforded by observations at centimeter through submillimeter wavelengths. These observations include studies of the molecular gas (= the fuel for star formation in galaxies), atomic fine structure lines (= the dominant ISM gas coolant), thermal dust continuum emission (= an ideal star formation rate estimator), and radio continuum emission from star formation and relativistic jets. High resolution spectroscopic imaging can be used to study galaxy dynamics and star formation on sub-kpc scales. These cm and mm observations are the necessary compliment to near-IR observations, which probe the stars and ionized gas, and X-ray observations, which reveal the AGN. Together, a suite of revolutionary observatories planned for the next decade from centimeter to X-ray wavelengths will provide the requisite panchromatic view of the complex processes involved in the formation of the first generation of galaxies and SMBHs, and cosmic reionization.

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