{"id":13232,"date":"2016-09-22T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13232"},"modified":"2016-09-22T02:18:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T06:18:03","slug":"eso-alma-sees-fast-star-formation-in-very-early-high-mass-galaxies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13232","title":{"rendered":"ESO: ALMA sees fast star formation in very early high-mass galaxies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a new\u00a0report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO<\/a>):<\/p>\n

ALMA Explores the Hubble Ultra Deep Field<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

International teams of astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter\/submillimeter Array<\/a> (ALMA) to explore the distant corner of the Universe first revealed in the iconic images of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF). These new ALMA observations are significantly deeper and sharper than previous surveys at millimetre wavelengths. They clearly show how the rate of star formation in young galaxies is closely related to their total mass in stars. They also trace the previously unknown abundance of star-forming gas at different points in time, providing new insights into the \u201cGolden Age\u201d of galaxy formation approximately 10 billion years ago.<\/p>\n

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This image combines a background picture taken by the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (blue\/green) with a new very deep ALMA view of this field (orange, marked with circles). All the objects that ALMA sees appear to be massive star-forming galaxies. This image is based on the ALMA survey by J. Dunlop and colleagues, covering the full HUDF area. [Larger images<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>The new ALMA results will be published in a series of papers appearing in the Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. These results are also among those being presented this week at the Half a Decade of ALMA<\/em> conference in Palm Springs, California, USA.<\/p>\n

In 2004 the Hubble Ultra Deep Field images \u2014 pioneering deep-field observations with the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> \u2014 were published<\/a>. These spectacular pictures probed more deeply than ever before and revealed a menagerie of galaxies stretching back to less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The area was observed several times by Hubble and many other telescopes, resulting in the deepest view<\/a> of the Universe to date.<\/p>\n