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从连续谱颜色看星系团星系的年龄

The Age of Cluster Galaxies from Continuum Colors

K. Rakos, J. Schombert, A. Odell

摘要:

我们使用一种新的连续光谱颜色技术确定了八个富星系团($z = 0.0046$至$0.175$)中1,104个早期星系的年龄。我们发现星系团中的星系分为两个群体,一个是平均年龄与宇宙年龄(12 Gyrs)相似的老年群体,另一个是平均年龄为9 Gyrs的年轻群体。老年人口的质量和金属丰度的预期关系,这意味着一个经典的整体崩溃的起源。虽然总星系金属丰度与星系质量相关,但与年龄无关。根据目前的数据,不可能区分恒星形成的后期,恒星形成的较长时间或恒星形成的后期爆发,以解释老年和年轻人口之间的差异。然而,这个年轻的人口的全球性与集群的环境因素,这意味着次级过程,形成后时代,对内部的恒星星族的一个显着的一部分星系团星系的人口。此外,星系团中最老星系的平均年龄与星系团速度色散相关,这意味着大质量星系团中的星系形成开始于比小质量星系团更早的时期。

英文摘要:

We determine the age of 1,104 early-type galaxies in eight rich clusters ($z = 0.0046$ to $0.175$) using a new continuum color technique. We find that galaxies in clusters divide into two populations, an old population with a mean age similar to the age of the Universe (12 Gyrs) and a younger population with a mean age of 9 Gyrs. The older population follows the expected relations for mass and metallicity that imply a classic monolithic collapse origin. Although total galaxy metallicity is correlated with galaxy mass, it is uncorrelated with age. It is impossible, with the current data, to distinguish between a later epoch of star formation, longer duration of star formation or late bursts of star formation to explain the difference between the old and young populations. However, the global properties of this younger population are correlated with cluster environmental factors, which implies secondary processes, post-formation epoch, operate on the internal stellar population of a significant fraction of cluster galaxies. In addition, the mean age of the oldest galaxies in a cluster are correlated with cluster velocity dispersion implying that galaxy formation in massive clusters begins at earlier epochs than less massive clusters.

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