I Zw 18与HST/ACS和造父变星重访：新的距离和年龄
I Zw 18 revisited with HST/ACS and Cepheids: New Distance and Age
摘要：
我们提出了新的V和I波段HST/ACS测光的I Zw 18，最贫金属的蓝致密矮（BCD）星系在附近的宇宙。过去有人认为I Zw 18是一个非常年轻的系统，在不到5亿年前才开始形成恒星，但其他工作暗示可能也存在更老（> 1 Gyr）的红巨星分支（RGB）恒星。我们的新数据，一旦与档案HST/ACS数据相结合，提供了一个深刻的和未受污染的光学色幅图（CMD），现在强烈表明RGB。RGB尖端（TRGB）幅度产生距离模数（m-M）_0 = 31.30 +/-0.17，即，D = 18.2 +/- 1.5百万秒差距。我们观测的时间序列性质使我们能够首次检测和表征I~Zw~18中的三个经典造父变星。的时间平均造父变星<V>和<I>幅度相比，VI红免费Weseneirs关系预测新的非线性脉动模型，特别是计算在金属丰度的I ZW 18。对于一个周期为8.63天的真正的经典造父变星，这意味着距离模（m-M）_0 = 31.42 +/- 0.26。另外两颗造父变星的周期异常长（125.0和129.8 d），但与这个距离一致。出现的连贯画面是I Zw 18比以前认为的更古老，更遥远。这就排除了I Zw 18是一个真正的原始星系的可能性，它是最近在本星系中形成的（z < 0.1）。
英文摘要：
We present new V and I-band HST/ACS photometry of I Zw 18, the most metal-poor blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy in the nearby universe. It has been argued in the past that I Zw 18 is a very young system that started forming stars only < 500 Myr ago, but other work has hinted that older (> 1 Gyr) red giant branch (RGB) stars may also exist. Our new data, once combined with archival HST/ACS data, provide a deep and uncontaminated optical color-magnitude diagram (CMD) that now strongly indicates an RGB. The RGB tip (TRGB) magnitude yields a distance modulus (m-M)_0 = 31.30 +/- 0.17, i.e., D = 18.2 +/- 1.5 Mpc. The time-series nature of our observations allows us to also detect and characterize for the first time three classical Cepheids in I~Zw~18. The time-averaged Cepheid <V> and <I> magnitudes are compared to the VI reddening-free Wesenheit relation predicted from new non-linear pulsation models specifically calculated at the metallicity of I Zw 18. For the one bona-fide classical Cepheid with a period of 8.63 days this implies a distance modulus (m-M)_0 = 31.42 +/- 0.26. The other two Cepheids have unusually long periods (125.0 and 129.8 d) but are consistent with this distance. The coherent picture that emerges is that I Zw 18 is older and farther away than previously believed. This rules out the possibility that I Zw 18 is a truly primordial galaxy formed recently (z < 0.1) in the local universe.
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