Have primeval galaxies been detected?
Abstract
A theoretical spectrum, synthesized for hydrodynamical models of collapsing galaxies in their brightest phase, bears a strong resemblance to the continuum spectra of OH 471 (z = 3.40) and 4C 05.34 (z = 2.877). Nonvariability and fuzziness of these objects would be strong tests of the possibility that they are primeval galaxies. Most primeval galaxies may be masquerading as red objects that are quasi-stellar in appearance.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- February 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1086/182029
- Bibcode:
- 1976ApJ...203L.103M
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Models;
- Continuous Spectra;
- Galactic Evolution;
- Gravitational Collapse;
- Galactic Nuclei;
- Lyman Alpha Radiation;
- Quasars;
- Red Shift;
- Astrophysics