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A high deuterium abundance in the early Universe.

机译:早期宇宙中氘的丰度很高。

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Intergalactic gas clouds at high redshifts have element abundances that are close to primordial. The ratio of deuterium to hydrogen (D/H) within such clouds-which is determined from absorption lines in the spectra of more distant quasars that lie along the same line of sight-provides the best estimate of the density of baryons (omegaB) in the Universe. Previous estimates of D/H in the early Universe have yielded values that differ by about an order of magnitude, with the lower values implying a high density of baryons that may be difficult to reconcile with both estimates of the primordial abundances of other light elements (especially 4He) and the known number of light neutrinos. The accuracy of such D/H determinations is heavily dependent on the inferred column density of neutral hydrogen in the absorbing clouds. Here we report an independent measurement of the neutral hydrogen column density in the cloud towards the quasar Q1937 - 1009, for which one of the low D/H values was derived. Our measurement requires a substantial revision to the D/H value reported previously; we obtain a lower limit of D/H > 4 x 10(-5) for this cloud, which implies omegaB < 0.016 for a Hubble constant of 100 km s(-1) Mpc(-1). This reduced upper limit for the baryon density relieves any conflict with standard Big Bang nucleosynthesis.
机译:高红移的星系间气体云的元素丰度接近原始。这种云中氘与氢的比率(D / H)是根据位于同一视线的更远的类星体的光谱中的吸收线确定的,这是对重子(omegaB)密度的最佳估计。宇宙。先前在早期宇宙中对D / H的估计得出的值相差大约一个数量级,而较低的值则意味着高密度的重子,可能难以与其他轻元素的原始丰度的两种估计进行调和(尤其是4He)和已知数量的轻中微子。这种D / H测定的准确性在很大程度上取决于推断的吸收云中中性氢的柱密度。在这里,我们报告了对类星Q1937-1009的云中中性氢柱密度的独立测量,为此得出了一个低D / H值。我们的测量需要对先前报告的D / H值进行重大修订;我们获得了该云的D / H> 4 x 10(-5)的下限,这意味着对于100 km s(-1)Mpc(-1)的哈勃常数,omegaB <0.016。减少的重子密度上限减轻了与标准“大爆炸”核合成的任何冲突。

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  • 来源
    《Nature》 |1997年第6612期|P.137-139|共3页
  • 作者

    Songaila A; Wampler EJ; Cowie LL;

  • 作者单位

    Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822, USA. acowie@uhifa.ifa.hawaii.edu;

  • 收录信息 美国《科学引文索引》(SCI);美国《工程索引》(EI);美国《生物学医学文摘》(MEDLINE);美国《化学文摘》(CA);
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 基础医学;
  • 关键词

    Deuterium; Extraterrestrial Environment; 氘; 地球外环境;

    机译:Deuterium;Extraterrestrial Environment;氘;地球外环境;

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