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DOI码：10.46620/21-0038

发表刊物：URSI Radio Science Letters

摘要：We review the evolution of the cosmic average molecular gas density to large look-back times, using observations of rotational transitions of CO. Molecular gas is the fuel for star formation in galaxies. Deep searches for CO emission from distant galaxies have delineated the density of molecular gas back to z ~5, or within 1 Gyr of the Big Bang. The results show a rise and fall in the gas density that parallels and likely drives the rise and fall of the cosmic star formation rate density. We present the potential for the next generation Very Large Array to image the distribution and dynamics of the molecular gas in early galaxies and to make a precise measurement of the dense gas history of the universe.

合写作者：F. Walter, R. Decarli, M. Aravena, Dominik A. Riechers, J. Gonzalez-Lopez, Yali Shao, L. Boogaard, R. Bouwens, and M. Neeleman

第一作者：C. L. Carilli

卷号：3

是否译文：否

发表时间：2021-03-22

收录刊物：SCI

发布期刊链接：https://www.ursi.org/Publications/RadioScienceLetters/Volume3/RSL21-0038-final.pdf