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早型星系NGC 1407和NGC 1400 - II的恒星形成和化学演化历史

The early-type galaxies NGC 1407 and NGC 1400 - II: star formation and chemical evolutionary history

Max Spolaor, Duncan A. Forbes, Robert N. Proctor, George K. T. Hau, Sarah Brough

摘要:

本文给出了两个早型星系NGC 1407和NGC 1400可能的恒星形成和化学演化历史。它们是NGC 1407(或波江座-A)星系群中最亮的两个星系,这是作为星系群演化多波长研究(GEMS)的一部分而研究的60个星系群之一。我们的分析是基于新的高信噪比空间分辨积分光谱在ESO 3.6米望远镜,出0.6(NGC 1407)和1.3(NGC 1400)的有效半径。使用Lick/IDS指数,我们估计亮度加权年龄,金属丰度和$α$元素丰度比。颜色径向分布从HST/ACS和斯巴鲁Suprime-Cam多波段宽视场成像进行比较,从光谱测定的年龄和金属丰度使用单恒星星族模型预测的颜色。这些星系在一次短暂的恒星形成爆发(> 100 M(太阳)/年)中形成了超过一半的质量,红移z>5。这可能涉及由外向内的机制与超新星驱动的星系风,如α元素径向剖面的平坦性和强负金属丰度梯度所示。我们的结果支持了修正后的整体坍缩模型对星系形成和演化的预测。我们推测,自形成以来,星系一直在平静地演化,我们正在目睹NGC 1400在该星系群中的第一次坠落。

英文摘要:

We present a possible star formation and chemical evolutionary history for two early-type galaxies NGC 1407 and NGC 1400. They are the two brightest galaxies of the NGC 1407 (or Eridanus-A) group, one of the 60 groups studied as part of the Group Evolution Multi-wavelength Study (GEMS). Our analysis is based on new high signal-to-noise spatially resolved integrated spectra obtained at the ESO 3.6m telescope, out to 0.6 (NGC 1407) and 1.3 (NGC 1400) effective radii. Using Lick/IDS indices we estimate luminosity-weighted ages, metallicities and $α$-element abundance ratios. Colour radial distributions from HST/ACS and Subaru Suprime-Cam multi-band wide-field imaging are compared to colours predicted from spectroscopically determinated ages and metallicities using single stellar population models. The galaxies formed over half of their mass in a single short-lived burst of star formation (> 100 M(sun)/year) at redshift z>5. This likely involved an outside-in mechanism with supernova-driven galactic winds, as suggested by the flatness of the alpha-element radial profiles and the strong negative metallicity gradients. Our results support the predictions of the revised version of the monolithic collapse model for galaxy formation and evolution. We speculate that, since formation the galaxies have evolved quiescently and that we are witnessing the first infall of NGC 1400 in the group.

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