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四个中等红移亮致密蓝星系kpc中心的恒星星族

Stellar Populations Found in the Central kpc of Four Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift

C. Hoyos, R. Guzman, A. I. Diaz, D. C. Koo, M. A. Bershady, .

摘要:

我们研究了四个亮致密蓝星系(LCBG)中心区域的恒星形成历史。LCBG是蓝色(B-V<0.6)致密(MU_B<21.5等角秒^-2)星系,绝对星等M_B大于-17.5。此处分析的LCBG位于0.436<z<0.525。它们是这一星群中最亮的(M_B < -20.5)、最蓝的(B-V < 0.4)和最高的表面亮度(MU_B < 19.0 mag arcsec^-2)。所用的观测数据是用HST/STIS摄谱仪、HST/WF/PC-2照相机和HST/NICMOS第一台照相机获得的。我们发现了多个恒星星族的证据。其中之一被确定为电离人口,另一个对应于潜在的恒星生成。推断出的星族的估计质量与动力学质量是一致的,动力学质量通常为2--10 × 10^9 M_sun。我们的模型还表明,恒星形成的第一幕LCBG经历了5和7 Gyr前发生。我们比较了LCBG中发现的恒星星族与明亮的本地HII星系、附近的球状系统和蓝色致密矮星系中存在的恒星星族。事实证明,LCBG的潜在恒星星族与当地的HII星系相似,但更蓝。如果没有进一步的恒星形成事件发生,LCBG的被动颜色演化也可能将它们转化为局部球状星系。我们的研究结果有助于对通常在中等红移的LCBG种群的进化情景施加限制。

英文摘要:

We investigate the star formation history of the central regions of four Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies (LCBGs). LCBGs are blue (B-V<0.6), compact (MU_B<21.5 mag arcsec^-2) galaxies with absolute magnitudes M_B brighter than -17.5. The LCBGs analyzed here are located at 0.436<z<0.525. They are among the most luminous (M_B < -20.5), blue (B-V < 0.4) and high surface brightness (MU_B < 19.0 mag arcsec^-2) of this population. The observational data used were obtained with the HST/STIS spectrograph, the HST/WF/PC-2 camera and the HST/NICMOS first camera. We find evidence for multiple stellar populations. One of them is identified as the ionizing population, and the other one corresponds to the underlying stellar generation. The estimated masses of the inferred populations are compatible with the dynamical masses, which are typically 2--10x 10^9 M_sun. Our models also indicate that the first episodes of star formation the presented LCBGs underwent happened between 5 and 7 Gyr ago. We compare the stellar populations found in LCBGs with the stellar populations present in bright, local HII galaxies, nearby spheroidal systems and Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies. It turns out that the underlying stellar populations of LCBGs are similar yet bluer to those of local HII galaxies. It is also the case that the passive color evolution of the LCBGs could convert them into local Spheroidal galaxies if no further episode of star formation takes place. Our results help to impose constraints on evolutionary scenarios for the population of LCBGs found commonly at intermediate redshifts.

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