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在红移2.3处为恒星形成星系提供燃料的冷气体的特征

Signatures of Cool Gas Fueling a Star-Forming Galaxy at Redshift 2.3

N. Bouché, M. T. Murphy, G. G. Kacprzak, C. Péroux, T. Contini, C. Martin, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky

摘要:

银河系被认为是由星系际气体的持续吸积提供的,但直接的观测证据一直难以捉摸。预计这些吸积气体将围绕星系的光环运行,不仅为恒星形成提供燃料,还为星系提供角动量,从而产生独特的运动学特征。在这里,我们报告的观测显示,这些独特的签名附近的一个典型的遥远的恒星形成星系的气体检测使用的背景类星体通过26千秒差距的主机。我们的观察表明,气体吸积在星系生长中起着重要的作用,因为估计的吸积率是可比的恒星形成率。

英文摘要:

Galaxies are thought to be fed by the continuous accretion of intergalactic gas, but direct observational evidence has been elusive. The accreted gas is expected to orbit about the galaxy's halo, delivering not just fuel for star-formation but also angular momentum to the galaxy, leading to distinct kinematic signatures. Here we report observations showing these distinct signatures near a typical distant star-forming galaxy where the gas is detected using a background quasar passing 26 kpc from the host. Our observations indicate that gas accretion plays a major role in galaxy growth since the estimated accretion rate is comparable to the star-formation rate.

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