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低红移星系近红外色的物理解释

Physical interpretation of the near-infrared colours of low redshift galaxies

C. Eminian, G. Kauffmann, S. Charlot, V. Wild, G. Bruzual, A. Rettura, J. Loveday

摘要:

我们使用经验的技术来解释的近红外颜色的一个样本的5800个星系从斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)的主要光谱样本与YJHK测光从英国红外深空巡天(UKIDSS)的数据发布之一。我们研究了近红外光谱内测得的SDSS纤维和物理参数的光谱之间的相关性。这些参数包括特定的恒星形成率、恒星年龄、金属丰度和尘埃衰减。所有的相关性进行了分析,在红移,恒星质量和浓度指数密切匹配的星系样本。虽然更强烈的恒星形成星系具有更蓝的光学颜色,但在近红外波长处则相反-具有更高特定恒星形成率的星系具有更红的近红外颜色。这一结果同意定性模型的预测,其中热脉冲渐近巨分支(TP-AGB)的恒星占主导地位的H和K-波段的光的星系爆发后的恒星形成。我们还发现了一个令人惊讶的强相关性的近红外颜色的恒星形成的星系和他们的尘埃衰减从巴尔末减量测量。然而,与光学颜色不同的是,近红外颜色对星系倾角的依赖性很小。这表明近红外颜色与尘埃衰减的相关性是因为TP-AGB恒星是星系中尘埃的主要来源。最后,我们比较了近红外颜色的星系在我们的样本中的三个不同的恒星星族模型的预测:Bruzual和Charlot 2003年模型,一个新的模型的初步版本正在开发的Charlot和Bruzual,其中包括一个新的处方AGB恒星演化,和Maraston 2005年模型。

英文摘要:

We use empirical techniques to interpret the near-infrared colours of a sample of 5800 galaxies drawn from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) main spectroscopic sample with YJHK photometry from the UK Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) data release one. We study correlations between near-IR colours measured within SDSS fibre and physical parameters derived from the spectra. These parameters include specific star formation rate, stellar age, metallicity and dust attenuation. All correlations are analyzed for samples of galaxies that are closely matched in redshift, in stellar mass and in concentration index. Whereas more strongly star-forming galaxies have bluer optical colours, the opposite is true at near-IR wavelengths -- galaxies with higher specific star formation rate have redder near-IR colours. This result agrees qualitatively with the predictions of models in which Thermally Pulsing Asymptotic Giant Branch (TP-AGB) stars dominate the H and K-band light of a galaxy following a burst of star formation. We also find a surprisingly strong correlation between the near-IR colours of star-forming galaxies and their dust attenuation as measured from the Balmer decrement. Unlike optical colours, however, near-IR colours exhibit very little dependence on galaxy inclination. This suggests that the correlation of near-IR colours with dust attenuation arises because TP-AGB stars are the main source of dust in the galaxy. Finally, we compare the near-IR colours of the galaxies in our sample to the predictions of three different stellar population models: the Bruzual & Charlot 2003 model, a preliminary version of a new model under development by Charlot & Bruzual, which includes a new prescription for AGB star evolution, and the Maraston 2005 model.

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