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大质量恒星:解决宇宙之谜的关键

Massive Stars: Key to Solving the Cosmic Puzzle

Aida Wofford, Claus Leitherer, Nolan R. Walborn, Myron Smith, María Peña-Guerrero, Luciana Bianchi, David Thilker, John D. Hillier, Jesús Maíz Apellániz, Miriam… 展开作者

Aida Wofford, Claus Leitherer, Nolan R. Walborn, Myron Smith, María Peña-Guerrero, Luciana Bianchi, David Thilker, John D. Hillier, Jesús Maíz Apellániz, Miriam García, Artemio Herrero

摘要:

我们描述了在附近宇宙的观测(<100 Mpc),配备一台10米或更大的天基望远镜,在912-9000光年范围内具有成像和光谱能力,这将使大质量恒星、年轻恒星群和恒星形成星系领域的研究取得进展,这对于实现宇宙起源计划的目标是必不可少的i)化学元素在星系中的分布以及在环星系和星系际介质中的分散情况;以及ii)宇宙中的第一批恒星何时形成,它们如何影响其环境。我们强调了对数百颗大质量恒星及其后代进行单独观测的重要性,这将使我们有可能分离出影响这些系统观测特性的许多相互竞争的因素(质量、成分、对流、质量损失、旋转速率、双星、磁场和星团质量)。

英文摘要:

We describe observations in the nearby universe (<100 Mpc) with a 10-m or larger space-based telescope having imaging and spectral capabilities in the range 912-9000 Åthat would enable advances in the fields of massive stars, young populations, and star-forming galaxies, that are essential for achieving the Cosmic Origins Program objectives i) how are the chemical elements distributed in galaxies and dispersed in the circumgalactic and intergalactic medium; and ii) when did the first stars in the universe form, and how did they influence their environments. We stress the importance of observing hundreds of massive stars and their descendants individually, which will make it possible to separate the many competing factors that influence the observed properties of these systems (mass, composition, convection, mass-loss, rotation rate, binarity, magnetic fields, and cluster mass).

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