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早型星系团中恒星星族研究的新途径:K波段光谱指数及其在天炉座星系团中的应用

A New Approach to the Study of Stellar Populations in Early-Type Galaxies: K-band Spectral Indices and an Application to the Fornax Cluster

D. R. Silva, H. Kuntschner, M. Lyubenova

摘要:

给出了邻近天炉座星系团中11个早型星系K波段光谱特征的新测量结果。根据这些测量结果,得到以下结论:(1)在没有年轻恒星成分的星系中,K带Na I指数与光学金属丰度指标[MgFe]'和中心速度色散都有很好的相关性;(2)在同一星系中,当σ> 150 km/s时,K带Fe特征达到饱和,而Na带Fe特征达到饱和(3)[Si/Fe](可能还有[Na/Fe])在所有观测到的天炉座星系中比在具有近太阳金属丰度的银河系疏散星团中大;(4)在各种近红外诊断图中,(强β,弱[MgFe β ')明显地与具有纯粹的老恒星星族的星系分离;此外,这种分离与M巨星数量的增加是一致的(最有可能是热脉动AGB星);(5)这里讨论的近红外图对于检测早期型星系中的年轻恒星成分似乎与更常用的使用光学指数的年龄/金属丰度诊断图(例如,Hbeta与[MgFe β])一样有效。

英文摘要:

New measurements of K-band spectral features are presented for eleven early-type galaxies in the nearby Fornax galaxy cluster. Based on these measurements, the following conclusions have been reached: (1) in galaxies with no signatures of a young stellar component, the K-band Na I index is highly correlated with both the optical metallicity indicator [MgFe]' and central velocity dispersion; (2) in the same galaxies, the K-band Fe features saturate in galaxies with sigma > 150 km/s while Na I (and [MgFe]') continues to increase; (3) [Si/Fe] (and possibly [Na/Fe]) is larger in all observed Fornax galaxies than in Galactic open clusters with near-solar metallicity; (4) in various near-IR diagnostic diagrams, galaxies with signatures of a young stellar component (strong Hbeta, weak [MgFe]') are clearly separated from galaxies with purely old stellar populations; furthermore, this separation is consistent with the presence of an increased number of M-giant stars (most likely to be thermally pulsating AGB stars); (5) the near-IR diagrams discussed here seem as efficient for detecting putatively young stellar components in early-type galaxies as the more commonly used age/metallicity diagnostic plots using optical indices (e.g Hbeta vs. [MgFe]').

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