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相互作用星系的质量-金属丰度关系

The mass-metallicity relation of interacting galaxies

L. Michel-Dansac, D. G. Lambas, M. S. Alonso, P. Tissera

摘要:

我们使用Tremonti等人(2004)导出的恒星质量和氧丰度,研究了从SDSS-DR 4中获得的成对和孤立星系的质量-金属丰度关系。根据相互作用符号的强弱,对投影间距r_p <25 kpc/h,径向速度Δ_V < 350 km/s的近星系对进行了形态学分类。我们发现,只有对显示出强相互作用的迹象,质量金属丰度关系显着不同的星系隔离。在这样的星系对中,具有低恒星质量(M星~< 10^9 Msun/h)的星系的平均气相氧丰度超过0.2 dex。相反,在较大质量(M星>~ 10^10 M太阳/小时)的星系中,金属丰度系统性地较低,尽管差异较小(-0.05 dex)。类似的趋势,如果g波段的星等,而不是恒星质量。在未成年人的相互作用,我们发现,质量较轻的成员是系统地丰富,而一个星系在与一个可比的恒星质量的同伴相互作用显示出相对于孤立的星系金属丰度递减。我们认为,富含金属的恒星爆发引发的一个更大的组件,和低金属含量的气体流入引起的可比或质量较小的同伴星系,提供了一个自然的情况来解释我们的发现。

英文摘要:

We study the mass-metallicity relation of galaxies in pairs and in isolation taken from the SDSS-DR4 using the stellar masses and oxygen abundances derived by Tremonti et al. (2004). Close galaxy pairs, defined by projected separation r_p < 25kpc/h and radial velocity Delta_V < 350 km/s, are morphologically classified according to the strength of the interaction signs. We find that only for pairs showing signs of strong interactions, the mass-metallicity relation differs significantly from that of galaxies in isolation. In such pairs, the mean gas-phase oxygen abundances of galaxies with low stellar masses (Mstar ~< 10^9 Msun/h) exhibit an excess of 0.2 dex. Conversely, at larger masses (Mstar >~ 10^10 Msun/h) galaxies have a systematically lower metallicity, although with a smaller difference (-0.05 dex). Similar trends are obtained if g-band magnitudes are used instead of stellar masses. In minor interactions, we find that the less massive member is systematically enriched, while a galaxy in interaction with a comparable stellar mass companion shows a metallicity decrement with respect to galaxies in isolation. We argue that metal-rich starbursts triggered by a more massive component, and inflows of low metallicity gas induced by comparable or less massive companion galaxies, provide a natural scenario to explain our findings.

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