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星系风中云对富气矮星系演化的影响

The effect of clouds in a galactic wind on the evolution of gas-rich dwarf galaxies

S. Recchi, G. Hensler

摘要:

我们研究了星际云对富气矮星系动力学和化学演化的影响。特别是,我们专注于两个模型星系类似于IZw 18和NGC 1569相比,在模型中,假设气体的平滑初始分布。我们使用一个2-D流体动力学代码加上一系列的例程能够跟踪SNeII,SNeIa和中等质量的恒星的化学产品。云是通过在计算网格中添加过密区域来模拟的,这些区域的位置是随机选择的,并且其密度分布与观测到的密度分布相匹配。云与扩散的气体固有地动态耦合,并且它们经历来自热的周围气体的热传导。由于动力学过程和热蒸发,这些云只存活了几十万年。由于附加的冷却剂,与仅扩散气体的模型相比,多云模型的内能通常减少20 - 40%。这些云通过质量加载延迟了大规模外流的发展,因此有助于在星系内保留更大量的气体。然而,它们的子弹效应可以刺穿膨胀的超级壳,并产生洞,超级气泡可以通过这些洞排出新鲜产生的金属。此外,假设云的化学成分是原始的,它们与超级气泡的相互作用稀释了气体,降低了金属含量。因此,最终的金属丰度通常低于(约0.2 - 0.4 dex)通过扩散模型获得的金属丰度。

英文摘要:

(Abridged) We study the effects of interstellar clouds on the dynamical and chemical evolution of gas-rich dwarf galaxies. In particular, we focus on two model galaxies similar to IZw18 and NGC1569 in comparison to models in which a smooth initial distribution of gas is assumed. We use a 2-D hydrodynamical code coupled with a series of routines able to trace the chemical products of SNeII, SNeIa and intermediate-mass stars. Clouds are simulated by adding overdense regions in the computational grid, whose locations are chosen randomly and whose density profiles match observed ones. The clouds are inherently dynamically coupled to the diffuse gas, and they experience heat conduction from a hot surrounding gas. Due to dynamical processes and thermal evaporation, the clouds survive only a few tens of Myr. Due to the additional cooling agent, the internal energy of cloudy models is typically reduced by 20 - 40% compared with models of diffuse gas alone. The clouds delay the development of large-scale outflows by mass loading, therefore helping to retain a larger amount of gas inside the galaxy. However, their bullet effect can pierce the expanding supershell and create holes through which the superbubble can vent freshly produced metals. Moreover, assuming a pristine chemical composition for the clouds, their interaction with the superbubble dilutes the gas, reducing the metallicity. The resulting final metallicity is therefore generally lower (by ~ 0.2 - 0.4 dex) than the one attained by diffuse models.

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