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椭圆星系恒星星族中的UV过剩和AGB演化

UV excess and AGB evolution in elliptical-galaxy stellar populations

Rosa A. Gonzalez-Lopezlira, A. Buzzoni

摘要:

在一些椭圆星系中观察到的“紫外线上升”现象的令人困惑的起源,最近已经通过确定热HB星为星系紫外线光度过剩的主要贡献者而得到解决。虽然蓝色的HB形态似乎是金属贫乏的恒星星族的自然特征,但它在富含金属的系统中的出现,往往伴随着每单位星系光度行星状星云的比率较低,可能需要在早期类型星系中紫外线过量和AGB属性之间建立密切联系。在这项工作中,我们想简要地评估这个问题,依靠红外表面亮度波动作为一个强大的工具来跟踪AGB属性与未解决的恒星星族的外部星系。

英文摘要:

The puzzling origin of the ``UV-upturn'' phenomenon, observed in some elliptical galaxies, has recently been settled by identifying hot HB stars as main contributors to galaxy ultraviolet luminosity excess. While a blue HB morphology seems a natural characteristic of metal-poor stellar populations, its appearence in metal-rich systems, often coupled with a poorer rate of planetary nebulae per unit galaxy luminosity, might be calling for an intimate connection between UV excess and AGB properties in early-type galaxies. In this work, we want to briefly assess this issue, relying on infrared surface brightness fluctuations as a powerful tool to trace AGB properties in external galaxies with unresolved stellar populations.

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