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盘状星系M33的建立与金属丰度梯度的演化

The building up of the disk galaxy M33 and the evolution of the metallicity gradient

Laura Magrini, Edvige Corbelli, Daniele Galli

摘要:

盘星系金属丰度径向梯度的演化及其与盘形成的关系还不清楚。银河系化学演化的理论模型对金属丰度梯度的时间演化做出了截然不同的预测。为了检验低光度盘状星系的化学演化模型并追踪其恒星形成和吸积历史,我们聚焦于本星系群星系M33。我们分析O/H和S/H丰度的行星状星云,H{ \sc ii}地区,年轻的恒星,连同已知的[Fe/H]丰度的老恒星星族的M33。与理论模型,我们遵循的时间演化的气体(扩散和凝聚在云),恒星和化学丰度的磁盘M33,假设星系是吸积气体从外部水库。我们的模型能够再现现有的观测约束的气体和恒星在M33的分布,并预测几个化学丰度的时间演化。特别是,我们发现,一个模型的特点是一个连续的气体在磁盘上的下降,在$\dot M_{\rm inf}\approx 1$ $M_\odot$年$^{-1}$,几乎恒定的时间,也可以解释相对较高的恒星形成率和浅的化学梯度。通过对这个附近星系的大量高分辨率观测,我们得出结论,M33盘中的金属丰度在所有半径上都随着时间的推移而增加,在最后一个$\sim 8$ Gyr上梯度不断变平。

英文摘要:

The evolution of radial gradients of metallicity in disk galaxies and its relation with the disk formation are not well understood. Theoretical models of galactic chemical evolution make contrasting predictions about the time evolution of metallicity gradients. To test chemical evolution models and trace the star formation and accretion history of low luminosity disk galaxies we focus on the Local Group galaxy M33. We analyze O/H and S/H abundances in planetary nebulae, H{\sc ii} regions, and young stars, together with known [Fe/H] abundances in the old stellar population of M33. With a theoretical model, we follow the time evolution of gas (diffuse and condensed in clouds), stars, and chemical abundances in the disk of M33, assuming that the galaxy is accreting gas from an external reservoir. Our model is able to reproduce the available observational constraints on the distribution of gas and stars in M33 and to predict the time evolution of several chemical abundances. In particular, we find that a model characterized by a continuous infall of gas on the disk, at a rate of $\dot M_{\rm inf}\approx 1$ $M_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$, almost constant with time, can also account for the relatively high rate of star formation and for the shallow chemical gradients. Supported by a large sample of high resolution observations for this nearby galaxy, we conclude that the metallicity in the disk of M33 has increased with time at all radii, with a continuous flattening of the gradient over the last $\sim 8$ Gyr.

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