Cosmological implications of old galaxies at high redshifts

dc.creatorLima, J. A. S.
dc.creatorAlcaniz, J. S.
dc.date2002-01-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:02:08Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:02:08Z
dc.descriptionOld high-$z$ galaxies are important tools for understanding the structure formation problem and may become the key to determine the ultimate fate of the Universe. In this {\it letter}, the inferred ages of the three oldest galaxies at high redshifts reported in the literature are used to constrain the first epoch of galaxy formation and to reanalyse the high-z time scale crisis. The lower limits on the formation redshift $z_f$ depends on the quantity of cold dark matter in the Universe. In particular, if $Ω_m\geq 0.37$ these galaxies are not formed in FRW cosmologies with no dark energy. This result is in line with the Supernovae type Ia measurements which suggest that the bulk of energy in the Universe is repulsive and appears like an unknown form of dark energy component. In a complementar analysis, unlike recent claims favoring the end of the age problem, it is shown that the Einstein-de Sitter model is excluded at high-z by $\sim 3σ$.
dc.description4 pages, 2 figures, revtex
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0201056
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0201056
dc.identifierBraz. J. Phys. 31, 583 (2001)
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/3987
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleCosmological implications of old galaxies at high redshifts
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