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DLAs III中元素丰度的新的综合集合。恒星形成史

A new comprehensive set of elemental abundances in DLAs III. Star formation histories

M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, F. Calura, J. X. Prochaska, S. D'Odorico, F. Matteucci

摘要:

我们获得了11个阻尼Ly-alpha系统(DLAs)在z_DLA=1.7-2.5范围内的元素丰度。在本系列的第一篇论文中,我们证明了三个DLA星系,我们可以从它们的内在丰度模式与化学演化模型的详细比较中得出它们的恒星形成历史和年龄。在本文中,我们确定了另外六个DLA星系的恒星形成性质。衍生的结果证实,没有一个单一的恒星形成的历史解释了DLAs的丰度模式的多样性。我们证明,各种恒星形成的历史再现DLA丰度模式是典型的本地不规则,矮星暴和静止的螺旋星系。独立的恒星形成的历史,DLAs有一个共同的特点是弱恒星形成的星系,高恒星形成效率的模型被排除在外。所有导出的单位面积DLA恒星形成率都是中等或较低的,其值在-3.2 < log SFR < -1.1 M_sol yr^{-1} kpc^{-2}之间。DLA丰度模式需要一个大的年龄跨度从20万年到3 Gyr。在我们的样本中,最古老的DLA在z_DLA=1.864处被观测到,年龄估计超过3 Gyr;这很好地表明星系在z_f>10时已经形成。但是,大多数DLA显示的年龄比观测时宇宙的年龄年轻得多。年轻的星系似乎在z>2的高红移宇宙中聚集,这表明大多数高红移星系的形成红移相对较低(z~3)。DLA恒星形成的属性进行了比较,与其他高红移星系的深成像调查,目的是获得一个全球性的高红移物体的图片。

英文摘要:

We obtained comprehensive sets of elemental abundances for eleven damped Ly-alpha systems (DLAs) at z_DLA=1.7-2.5. In Paper I of this series, we showed for three DLA galaxies that we can derive their star formation histories and ages from a detailed comparison of their intrinsic abundance patterns with chemical evolution models. We determine in this paper the star formation properties of six additional DLA galaxies. The derived results confirm that no single star formation history explains the diverse sets of abundance patterns in DLAs. We demonstrate that the various star formation histories reproducing the DLA abundance patterns are typical of local irregular, dwarf starburst and quiescent spiral galaxies. Independent of the star formation history, the DLAs have a common characteristic of being weak star forming galaxies; models with high star formation efficiencies are ruled out. All the derived DLA star formation rates per unit area are moderate or low, with values between -3.2 < log SFR < -1.1 M_sol yr^{-1} kpc^{-2}. The DLA abundance patterns require a large spread in ages ranging from 20 Myr up to 3 Gyr. The oldest DLA in our sample is observed at z_DLA=1.864 with an age estimated to more than 3 Gyr; it nicely indicates that galaxies were already forming at z_f>10. But, most of the DLAs show ages much younger than that of the Universe at the epoch of observation. Young galaxies thus seem to populate the high redshift Universe at z>2, suggesting relatively low redshifts of formation (z~3) for most high-redshift galaxies. The DLA star formation properties are compared with those of other high-redshift galaxies identified in deep imaging surveys with the aim of obtaining a global picture of high-redshift objects.

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