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恒星形成、金属丰度梯度和电离气体:椭圆星系NGC6868和NGC5903形成的线索

Star formation, metallicity gradient and ionized gas: clues to the formation of the elliptical galaxies NGC6868 and NGC5903

Mauro G. Rickes, Miriani G. Pastoriza, Charles Bonatto

摘要:

本文利用长缝光谱和恒星星族合成方法研究了椭圆星系NGC 6868和NGC 5903中的恒星星族、金属丰度分布和电离气体。两个星系的舔指数都呈现负梯度,表明相对于外部区域,中心部分的Fe、Mg、Na和TiO丰度过高。对于在NGC 6868中观测到的发射气体,我们检验了三种电离源假说:H II区、后AGB星和活动星系核。包含$[NII]_{\lambda6584}/Hα$、$[OI]_{\lambda6300}/Hα$和$[SII]_{\lambda6717,31}/Hα$比值的诊断图表明,在NGC 6868中心区域测得的值是典型的LINER。结合恒星星族合成,这一结果表明NGC 6868的主要气体电离源是非热的,由低光度活动星系核产生,可能有一些冲击的贡献,以解释距离核$\sim3.5$ kpc的电离。

英文摘要:

The stellar population, metallicity distribution and ionized gas in the elliptical galaxies NGC 6868 and NGC 5903 are investigated in this paper by means of long-slit spectroscopy and stellar population synthesis. Lick indices in both galaxies present a negative gradient indicating an overabundance of Fe, Mg, Na and TiO in the central parts with respect to the external regions. Concerning the emitting gas conspicuously detected in NGC 6868, we test three hypotheses as ionizing source: an H II region, post-AGB stars and an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN). Diagnostic diagrams involving the ratios $[NII]_{\lambda6584}/Hα$, $[OI]_{\lambda6300}/Hα$ and $[SII]_{\lambda6717,31}/Hα$, indicate that values measured in the central region of NGC 6868 are typical of LINERs. Together with the stellar population synthesis, this result suggests that the main source of gas ionization in NGC 6868 is non-thermal, produced by a low-luminosity AGN, probably with some contribution of shocks to explain ionization at distances of $\sim3.5$ kpc from the nucleus.

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