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剖析星暴星系的恒星形成历史:NGC7673的例子

Dissecting the star-formation history of starburst galaxies: the case of NGC7673

A. Pasquali, P. Castangia

摘要:

我们收集了NGC 7673的档案数据,以限制在过去2 Gyr期间产生年轻星团和该星系中的场恒星星族的恒星形成历史。我们已经考虑了50个星团的样本HST/WFPC 2在UV,V和I波段检测和估计他们的年龄,内在的红化,和质量通过比较他们的颜色与STARBURST 99模型。我们已经发现两个显著的团簇形成时期发生在大约2000万年前和2000万年前,在300万年前和600万年前之间发生了一些小事件。星团的特徴是本质变红E(B-V)< 0.4等,质量低于2 e +06太阳质量。在50个星团中,我们选择了31个位于IUE大狭缝的边界内,该狭缝用于获得NGC 7673在1150 Ang之间的光谱。3350安对于每个集群,我们已经建立了一个合成光谱对应的年龄,质量和内在的红化来自集群的颜色,适当红移到NGC 7673。然后将光谱加在一起形成最终的簇积分光谱。这和NGC 7673的IUE和FUSE光谱使我们能够将场中未解析恒星的恒星形成历史描述为指数衰减或多次爆发。在第一种情况下,我们推导出的e-折叠时间为7亿(9亿)万年和初始恒星形成率为16(13)太阳质量每年时,菲茨帕特里克(卡尔泽蒂)的消光定律。在多次爆发的恒星形成历史中,星群由一个比星团亮3(2)倍的年轻(<4000万年)的组成部分和一个比星团质量大200(100)倍的85000万年(45000万年)的组成部分组成。

英文摘要:

We have collected archival data on NGC7673 to constrain the star-formation history that produced the young star clusters and the field stellar population in this galaxy during the last 2 Gyr. We have considered the sample of 50 star clusters detected by HST/WFPC2 in the UV, V and I bands and estimated their age, intrinsic reddening, and mass via comparison of their colours with STARBURST99 models. We have found two prominent epochs of cluster formation occurred about 20 Myr and 2 Myr ago, with somewhat minor events between 3 Myr and 6 Myr ago. The star clusters are characterised by an intrinsic reddening E(B-V) < 0.4 mag and a mass lower than 2e+06 solar masses. Out of the 50 star clusters, we have selected 31 located within the boundaries of the IUE large slit that was employed to obtain the spectrum of NGC7673 between 1150 Ang. and 3350 Ang. For each cluster, we have built a synthetic spectrum corresponding to the age, mass and intrinsic reddening derived from the cluster colours, properly redshifted to NGC7673. The spectra have then been added together in a final, clusters integrated spectrum. This and the IUE and FUSE spectra of NGC7673 have allowed us to describe the star-formation history of the unresolved stars in the field as either exponentially decaying or multi-burst. In the first case, we have derived an e-folding time of 700 (900) Myr and an initial star-formation rate of 16 (13) solar masses per year when the Fitzpatrick's (Calzetti's) extinction law is used. In the case of a multi-burst star-formation history, the field population turns out to be composed by a young (< 40 Myr) component 3 (2) times brighter than the star clusters, and a component as old as 850 (450) Myr, about 200 (100) times more massive than the star clusters together.

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