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Holmberg IX:最近的年轻星系

Holmberg Ix: The Nearest Young Galaxy

E. Sabbi, J. S. Gallagher, L. J. Smith, D. F. de Mello, M. Mountain

摘要:

哈勃太空望远镜上的高级巡天照相机的宽视场通道拍摄的深层图像为研究M81伴矮星不规则星系Holmberg IX的分辨恒星星族提供了基础。根据色星等图,Holmberg IX附近的恒星星族包含许多年龄小于2亿年的恒星,以及更老的红巨星。通过绘制红巨星的空间分布图,并考虑它们的推断金属丰度,我们得出结论,这些老恒星中的大多数与M81或其潮汐碎片有关。霍姆伯格IX星系中至少有20%的恒星质量是在过去的2亿年中产生的,如果附近有任何星系的话,它是最年轻的恒星星族。霍姆伯格IX的位置、高气体含量和年轻的恒星星族表明它是一个潮汐矮星系,可能是在M82最后一次近距离通过M81时形成的。

英文摘要:

Deep images taken with the Wide Field Channel of the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the Hubble Space Telescope provide the basis for study the resolved stellar population of the M81 companion dwarf irregular galaxy Holmberg IX. Based on color-magnitude diagrams the stellar population toward Holmberg IX contains numerous stars with ages of <~200 Myr as well as older red giant stars. By charting the spatial distribution of the red giant stars and considering their inferred metallicities, we concluded that most of these older stars are associated with M81 or its tidal debris. At least 20% of the stellar mass in Holmberg IX was produced in the last ~200 Myr, giving it the youngest stellar populations if any nearby galaxy. The location of Holmberg IX, its high gas content, and its youthful stellar population suggests that it is a tidal dwarf galaxy, perhaps formed during the last close passage of M82 around M81.

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