This paper reports the observation of gravitationally bound star clusters in a lensed galaxy, approximately 460 million years after the Big Bang. These clusters exhibit significantly higher stellar densities and smaller sizes than typical young star clusters in the local universe and globular clusters in the Milky Way. Their properties suggest they are proto-globular clusters, and their formation and evolution are discussed in the context of early universe galaxy formation and reionization.
Publisher
Nature
Published On
Aug 15, 2024
Authors
Angela Adamo, Larry D. Bradley, Eros Vanzella, Adélaïde Claeyssens, Brian Welch, Jose M. Diego, Guillaune Mahler, Masanobu Oguri, Ken Frost, Abdurou, Tiger Yu-Yang Hsiao, Xinfeng Xu, Matteo Mess, Augusto E. Lassen, Erik Zackrisson, Gabriel Brammer, Dan Coe, Vasily Kokorev, Massimo Ricotti, Adi Zitrin, Seiji Fujimoto, Akio K. Inoue, Tom Ressellguer, Jane R. Rigby, Yolanda Jiménez-Teja, Rogier A. Windhorst, Takuya Hashimoto, Yoichi Tamura
Tags
gravitationally bound star clusters
lensed galaxy
proto-globular clusters
early universe
galaxy formation
reionization
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