References & Sources - July 25, 1998 Dust glow hints at wave of early star birth
New observations suggest that the bulk of the stars may have formed when the universe was just a few billion years old.
References:
Barger, A.J., et al. 1998. Submillimetre-wavelength detection of dusty star-forming galaxies at high redshift. Nature 394(July 16):248.
Hughes, D.H. . . . J. Dunlop, et al. 1998. High-redshift star formation in the Hubble Deep Field revealed by a submillimetre-wavelength survey. Nature 394(July 16):241.
Scott, D. 1998. Dust hides a universal starburst. Nature 394(July 16):219
Further Readings:
Cowen, R. 1998. Cosmologists in flatland. Science News 153(Feb. 28):139.
______. 1998. Astronomers aglow about infrared maps. Science News 153(Jan. 10):20.
______. 1996. Hubble’s deep view of the universe. Science News 149(Jan. 20):36.
Sources:
Amy J. Barger
University of Hawaii
Institute for Astronomy
2680 Woodlawn Drive
Honolulu, HI 96822James Dunlop
University of Edinburgh
Royal Observatory
Institute for Astronomy
Edinburgh EH9 3HJ
United KingdomDouglas Scott
University of British Columbia
Department of Physics and Astronomy
6224 Agricultural Road
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1
Canada
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