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A massive, dead disk galaxy in the early Universe

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  • Sune Toft

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

  • Johannes Zabl

    (Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
    Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, F-31400)

  • Johan Richard

    (Université Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Ens de Lyon, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon UMR5574, F-69230 Saint-Genis-Laval)

  • Anna Gallazzi

    (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica–Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)

  • Stefano Zibetti

    (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica–Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)

  • Moire Prescott

    (New Mexico State University)

  • Claudio Grillo

    (Università degli Studi di Milano)

  • Allison W. S. Man

    (European Southern Observatory)

  • Nicholas Y. Lee

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

  • Carlos Gómez-Guijarro

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

  • Mikkel Stockmann

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

  • Georgios Magdis

    (Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
    Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens)

  • Charles L. Steinhardt

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

Abstract

When the Universe was just 3 billion years old, half of the most massive galaxies had already ceased star formation, and such a galaxy has now been observed using gravitational lensing, unexpectedly turning out to be a compact, fast-spinning disk galaxy rather than a proto-bulge galaxy.

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  • Sune Toft & Johannes Zabl & Johan Richard & Anna Gallazzi & Stefano Zibetti & Moire Prescott & Claudio Grillo & Allison W. S. Man & Nicholas Y. Lee & Carlos Gómez-Guijarro & Mikkel Stockmann & Georgio, 2017. "A massive, dead disk galaxy in the early Universe," Nature, Nature, vol. 546(7659), pages 510-513, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:546:y:2017:i:7659:d:10.1038_nature22388
    DOI: 10.1038/nature22388
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