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

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, Narciso Benítez, Tod R. Lauer, Stella Seitz, Rychard Bouwens, Anton Koekemoer, Elinor Medezinski, Matthias Bartelmann, Tom Broadhurst, Megan Donahue, Claudio Grillo, Leopoldo Infante, Saurabh W. Jha, Daniel D. Kelson, Ofer Lahav, Doron Lemze, Peter Melchior, Massimo Meneghetti, Julian Merten, Mario Nonino, Sara Ogaz, Piero Rosati, Keiichi Umetsu and Arjen van der Wel
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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
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
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

Nature, 2012, vol. 489, issue 7416, 406-408

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.

Date: 2012
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