大多数星系的缓慢消亡
星系天体物理
2016-10-12 v1
摘要
对大多数星系而言，恒星形成的停止是一个持续了四十亿年的缓慢过程。一项对数千个星系的分析表明，其环境造成的“扼杀”是最可能的原因。参见Peng、Maiolino和Cochrane (2015)发表于《自然》第521卷第192页的来信。
引用
@article{arxiv.1610.01144,
title = {The slow death of most galaxies},
author = {Andrea Cattaneo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.01144},
year = {2016}
}
备注
This a nearly final draft of a News and Views appeared on Nature in May 2015. It also summarises the content of the talk "Shutdown and downsizing" that I presented at the EWASS meeting "How galaxies live and die: the onset and end of star formation across cosmic time" (Athens, Greece, 6th July 2016)