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从阻尼Lyman α系统中N、Si、S和Fe的相对丰度研究高Z星系的化学演化

The Chemical Evolution Of High Z Galaxies From The Relative Abundances Of N, Si, S, And Fe In Damped Lyman Alpha Systems

R. B. C. Henry, Jason X. Prochaska

摘要:

对45个阻尼Lyman α系统(DLAs)的N、Si、S和Fe丰度进行了汇编,并对其中30个DLAs建立了详细的单区化学演化模型。假设恒星的形成是连续的,我们发现每个天体的最终丰度可以通过调整两个参数来模拟,即时间平均恒星形成效率和演化年龄,样本中的范围分别为0.01-1.5 Gyr^-1和0.18-2.0 Gyr。此外,平均恒星形成效率和演化年龄似乎是相关的样本,表明在一个典型的DLA的恒星形成效率随着年龄的增长而下降。同时,DLAs中的N/Si与物体的年龄直接相关。N/Si值的分布存在明显的双峰性,这可能是统计偶然性的结果,也可能是截断或平坦IMF产生的效应。我们发现,Si/Fe值的平均值和小的分散度与DLAs的一般年轻年龄有关,其中并非所有的Fe都被Ia型超新星驱逐。最后,大的散射和一般较低的N/Si值的DLAs相对于蓝色紧凑星系,尽管它们的部分重叠的金属丰度,表明DLAs一般比后者年轻。

英文摘要:

Abundances of N, Si, S, and Fe for 45 damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) have been compiled and detailed one-zone chemical evolution models have been constructed for 30 of them. Assuming continuous star formation, we found that final abundances in each object can be modelled by adjusting only two parameters, i.e. its time-averaged star formation efficiency and evolutionary age, with ranges in our sample of 0.01-1.5 Gyr^-1 and 0.18-2.0 Gyr, respectively. In addition, average star formation efficiency and evolutionary age appear to be anticorrelated for the sample, suggesting that the star formation efficiency in a typical DLA decreases with age. At the same time, N/Si in DLAs is directly linked to an object's age. There is an apparent bimodality in the distribution of N/Si values which could be the result of a statistical accident or an effect produced by a truncated or flattened IMF. We find that the mean and small dispersion of Si/Fe values is related to the generally young ages of DLAs, wherein not all Fe has yet been expelled by Type Ia supernovae. Finally, the large scatter and generally lower values of N/Si of DLAs with respect to blue compact galaxies, despite their partially overlapping metallicities, indicate that DLAs are generally younger than the latter.

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