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多色成像研究低红移BL Lac宿主星系的恒星含量

The stellar content of low redshift BL Lac host galaxies from multicolour imaging

T. Hyvonen, J. K. Kotilainen, R. Falomo, E. Orndahl, T. Pursimo

摘要:

我们提出了18个低红移(z<0.3)BL Lac对象的B波段成像,其宿主星系以前在R波段和近红外H波段解决。对于一个子集的对象,也U-和V-波段成像。这些数据被用来调查的蓝,红,近红外线的颜色和颜色梯度的BL湖的宿主星系与其他椭圆星系的核活动和没有。在所有情况下,星系都可以用椭圆模型很好地表示,平均绝对星等M_B=-21.6 ± 0.7,平均标度长度R_e=7.6 ± 3.2kpc。最适合的B-波段Kormendy关系是在合理的协议,获得正常的椭圆星系和射电星系。这种结构和动力学的相似性表明,所有大质量椭圆星系都可以经历核活动,而不会对其全球结构产生重大影响。BL Lac天体的蓝/近红外综合色(平均B-H=3.5 ± 0.5)和色梯度(平均Delta(B-R)/Delta(log r)=-0.14 ± 0.75)的分布比正常椭圆星系的宽得多,而且大多数BL Lac天体的主天体比正常椭圆星系的主天体更蓝或色梯度更陡。蓝色可能是由年轻的恒星星族组成,并表明由相互作用/合并事件引起的恒星形成与核活动开始之间的联系。这一结果得到了恒星星族模型的证实,表明在大多数样本中存在年轻/中等年龄的人口,与低红移类星体主机。缺乏强烈的相互作用的迹象可能需要一个显着的时间延迟之间的事件与相关的恒星形成插曲和开始的核活动。

英文摘要:

We present B-band imaging of 18 low redshift (z<0.3) BL Lac objects for which their host galaxies were previously resolved in the R-band and the near-infrared H-band. For a subset of the objects, also U- and V-band imaging is presented. These data are used to investigate the blue-red-near-infrared colours and the colour gradients of the host galaxies of BL Lacs in comparison with other elliptical galaxies with and without nuclear activity. In all cases galaxies are well represented by an elliptical model, with average absolute magnitude M_B=-21.6+-0.7 and average scale length R_e=7.6+-3.2 kpc. The best-fit B-band Kormendy relation is in reasonable agreement with that obtained for normal ellipticals and radio galaxies. This structural and dynamical similarity indicates that all massive elliptical galaxies can experience nuclear activity without significant perturbation of their global structure. The distributions of the integrated blue/near-infrared colour (with average B-H=3.5+-0.5) and colour gradient (with average Delta(B-R)/Delta(log r)=-0.14+-0.75) of the BL Lac hosts are much wider than those for normal ellipticals, and most BL Lac objects have bluer hosts and/or steeper colour gradients than those in normal ellipticals. The blue colours are likely caused by a young stellar population component, and indicates a link between star formation caused by an interaction/merging event and the onset of the nuclear activity. This result is corroborated by stellar population modelling, indicating a presence of young/intermediate age populations in the majority of the sample, in agreement with low redshift quasar hosts. The lack of strong signs of interaction may require a significant time delay between the event with associated star formation episodes and the start of the nuclear activity.

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