Galaxy growth in a massive halo in the first billion years of cosmic history

D. P. Marrone (), J. S. Spilker, C. C. Hayward, J. D. Vieira, M. Aravena, M. L. N. Ashby, M. B. Bayliss, M. Béthermin, M. Brodwin, M. S. Bothwell, J. E. Carlstrom, S. C. Chapman, Chian-Chou Chen, T. M. Crawford, D. J. M. Cunningham, C. De Breuck, C. D. Fassnacht, A. H. Gonzalez, T. R. Greve, Y. D. Hezaveh, K. Lacaille, K. C. Litke, S. Lower, J. Ma, M. Malkan, T. B. Miller, W. R. Morningstar, E. J. Murphy, D. Narayanan, K. A. Phadke, K. M. Rotermund, J. Sreevani, B. Stalder, A. A. Stark, M. L. Strandet, M. Tang and A. Weiß
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D. P. Marrone: Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
J. S. Spilker: Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
C. C. Hayward: Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute
J. D. Vieira: University of Illinois
M. Aravena: Núcleo de Astronomía, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Diego Portales
M. L. N. Ashby: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
M. B. Bayliss: Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M. Béthermin: Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille
M. Brodwin: University of Missouri
M. S. Bothwell: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
J. E. Carlstrom: Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago
S. C. Chapman: Dalhousie University
Chian-Chou Chen: European Southern Observatory, Karl Schwarzschild Straße 2
T. M. Crawford: Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago
D. J. M. Cunningham: Dalhousie University
C. De Breuck: European Southern Observatory, Karl Schwarzschild Straße 2
C. D. Fassnacht: University of California
A. H. Gonzalez: University of Florida, Bryant Space Sciences Center
T. R. Greve: University College London
Y. D. Hezaveh: Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University
K. Lacaille: McMaster University
K. C. Litke: Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
S. Lower: University of Illinois
J. Ma: University of Florida, Bryant Space Sciences Center
M. Malkan: University of California
T. B. Miller: Dalhousie University
W. R. Morningstar: Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University
E. J. Murphy: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
D. Narayanan: University of Florida, Bryant Space Sciences Center
K. A. Phadke: University of Illinois
K. M. Rotermund: Dalhousie University
J. Sreevani: University of Illinois
B. Stalder: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
A. A. Stark: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
M. L. Strandet: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
M. Tang: Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
A. Weiß: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie

Nature, 2018, vol. 553, issue 7686, 51-54

Abstract: Two extremely massive galaxies are seen 800 million years after the Big Bang, showing the rapid growth of early structure and marking the most massive halo known in that era.

Date: 2018
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