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A magnified young galaxy from about 500 million years after the Big Bang

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  • Wei Zheng

    (Johns Hopkins University)

  • Marc Postman

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • Adi Zitrin

    (Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Universität Heidelberg)

  • John Moustakas

    (Siena College)

  • Xinwen Shu

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Stephanie Jouvel

    (University College London
    Institute de Ciencies de l’Espai)

  • Ole Høst

    (University College London)

  • Alberto Molino

    (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía)

  • Larry Bradley

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • Dan Coe

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • Leonidas A. Moustakas

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)

  • Mauricio Carrasco

    (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 22, Chile)

  • Holland Ford

    (Johns Hopkins University)

  • Narciso Benítez

    (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía)

  • Tod R. Lauer

    (National Optical Astronomical Observatory)

  • Stella Seitz

    (Universitäts-Sternwarte München)

  • Rychard Bouwens

    (Leiden Observatory, Leiden University)

  • Anton Koekemoer

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • Elinor Medezinski

    (Johns Hopkins University)

  • Matthias Bartelmann

    (Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Universität Heidelberg)

  • Tom Broadhurst

    (University of Basque Country
    Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science)

  • Megan Donahue

    (Michigan State University)

  • Claudio Grillo

    (Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)

  • Leopoldo Infante

    (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 22, Chile)

  • Saurabh W. Jha

    (Rutgers University)

  • Daniel D. Kelson

    (The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science)

  • Ofer Lahav

    (University College London)

  • Doron Lemze

    (Johns Hopkins University)

  • Peter Melchior

    (The Ohio State University)

  • Massimo Meneghetti

    (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)

  • Julian Merten

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)

  • Mario Nonino

    (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste)

  • Sara Ogaz

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • Piero Rosati

    (European Southern Observatory)

  • Keiichi Umetsu

    (Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics)

  • Arjen van der Wel

    (Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie)

Abstract

Gravitationally magnified images of a faint galaxy from only 500 million years after the Big Bang suggest that galaxies of that age may be the dominant source of the radiation responsible for the re-ionization of the intergalactic medium.

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  • Wei Zheng & Marc Postman & Adi Zitrin & John Moustakas & Xinwen Shu & Stephanie Jouvel & Ole Høst & Alberto Molino & Larry Bradley & Dan Coe & Leonidas A. Moustakas & Mauricio Carrasco & Holland Ford , 2012. "A magnified young galaxy from about 500 million years after the Big Bang," Nature, Nature, vol. 489(7416), pages 406-408, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:489:y:2012:i:7416:d:10.1038_nature11446
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11446
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