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高红移分子气体

Molecular Gas at High Redshift

Fabian Walter, Chris Carilli, Emanuele Daddi

摘要:

为了理解星系在宇宙时代的演化,关键是要推导出星系中分子气体含量的性质,即恒星最终形成的物质。在过去的十年里,这一领域取得了迅速的进展,在亚毫米选择的星系和类星体中发现了大量的高红移分子气体库。在后一种情况下,分子气体库已经被量化为红移z>6,即当宇宙年龄小于1 Gyr时,宇宙再电离的结束。最近在更正常的星系中发现了分子气体,将这些研究从宇宙中最极端的物体(SFR~ 1000 M_sun/yr;类星体和亚毫米星系)扩展到红移为1.5-2.5的更“正常”的恒星形成系统(SFR~ 100 M_sun/yr)。然而,探测只有中等恒星形成率(~<10 M_sun/yr,类似于哈勃超深场中看到的暗淡星系)的高红移星系的分子气体库可能必须等待ALMA的完成。

英文摘要:

In order to understand galaxy evolution through cosmic times it is critical to derive the properties of the molecular gas content of galaxies, i.e. the material out of which stars ultimately form. The last decade has seen rapid progress in this area, with the detection of massive molecular gas reservoirs at high redshifts in submillimeter-selected galaxies and quasars. In the latter case, molecular gas reservoirs have been quantified out to redshifts z>6, i.e. towards the end of cosmic reionization when the universe was less than one Gyr old. The recent discovery of molecular gas in more normal galaxies have extended these studies from the most extreme objects in the universe (SFR~1000M_sun/yr; quasars and submillimeter galaxies) to more 'normal' starforming systems at redshifts 1.5-2.5 (with SFR~100M_sun/yr). However, detecting the molecular gas reservoirs of high-redshift galaxies that only have moderate star formation rates (~<10 M_sun/yr, similar to the faint galaxies seen in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field) will likely have to await the completion of ALMA.

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