A massive galaxy in its core formation phase three billion years after the Big Bang

Erica Nelson (), Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx, Gabriel Brammer, Ivelina Momcheva, Natascha Förster Schreiber, Elisabete da Cunha, Linda Tacconi, Rachel Bezanson, Allison Kirkpatrick, Joel Leja, Hans-Walter Rix, Rosalind Skelton, Arjen van der Wel, Katherine Whitaker and Stijn Wuyts
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Erica Nelson: Yale University
Pieter van Dokkum: Yale University
Marijn Franx: Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Gabriel Brammer: Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive
Ivelina Momcheva: Yale University
Natascha Förster Schreiber: Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbackstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
Elisabete da Cunha: Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Linda Tacconi: Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbackstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
Rachel Bezanson: Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
Allison Kirkpatrick: University of Massachusetts
Joel Leja: Yale University
Hans-Walter Rix: Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Rosalind Skelton: South African Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 9, Observatory, Cape Town 7935, South Africa
Arjen van der Wel: Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Katherine Whitaker: Goddard Space Center
Stijn Wuyts: Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbackstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany

Nature, 2014, vol. 513, issue 7518, 394-397

Abstract: Hubble Space Telescope, Keck telescope and Spitzer satellite data reveal the formation of the dense stellar core of a massive galaxy occurring three billion years after the Big Bang.

Date: 2014
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