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测量未分辨恒星星族的年龄和元素丰度:Fe,Mg,C,N和Ca

Measuring Ages and Elemental Abundances from Unresolved Stellar Populations: Fe, Mg, C, N, and Ca

Genevieve J. Graves, Ricardo P. Schiavon

摘要:

本文提出了一种从未分辨恒星星族的中分辨率光谱测定Fe、Mg、C、N和Ca的平均轻重量年龄和丰度的方法。该方法由Schiavon(2007)首创,在一个名为EZ_Ages的公开代码中实现。的方法和误差估计进行了说明,并测试结果的准确性和一致性,通过应用程序集成的光谱著名的银河系球状星团和疏散星团。综合光分析的年龄和丰度与大多数星团的解析恒星研究一致,在+/-0.1 dex范围内,几乎所有情况下都在+/-0.2 dex范围内。结果对于在+/-0.1 dex内拟合中使用的Lick指数的选择是稳健的,除了一些明确分类的系统偏差。通过与详细的蒙特卡罗模拟的比较,我们的误差估计的现实主义检查。最后,我们将EZ_Ages应用于Thomas等人(2005)提出的星系样本,并将我们推导的年龄值,[Fe/H]和[alpha/Fe]与它们的分析进行比较。我们发现,[α/Fe]是非常一致的两个分析之间,年龄是一致的老(年龄> 10 Gyr)人口,但在年轻的年龄显示适度的系统性差异,和[Fe/H]是相当一致的,与年龄系统学相关的小系统性差异。总的来说,EZ_Ages提供了准确的估计的基本参数,从中分辨率光谱的未解决的恒星星族在旧的和中间的年龄制度,第一次允许定量估计的C,N和Ca的丰度在这些未解决的系统。EZ_Ages代码可从http://www.ucolick.org/~graves/EZ_Ages.html下载

英文摘要:

We present a method for determining mean light-weighted ages and abundances of Fe, Mg, C, N, and Ca, from medium resolution spectroscopy of unresolved stellar populations. The method, pioneered by Schiavon (2007), is implemented in a publicly available code called EZ_Ages. The method and error estimation are described, and the results tested for accuracy and consistency, by application to integrated spectra of well-known Galactic globular and open clusters. Ages and abundances from integrated light analysis agree with studies of resolved stars to within +/-0.1 dex for most clusters, and to within +/-0.2 dex for nearly all cases. The results are robust to the choice of Lick indices used in the fitting to within +/-0.1 dex, except for a few systematic deviations which are clearly categorized. The realism of our error estimates is checked through comparison with detailed Monte Carlo simulations. Finally, we apply EZ_Ages to the sample of galaxies presented in Thomas et al. (2005) and compare our derived values of age, [Fe/H], and [alpha/Fe] to their analysis. We find that [alpha/Fe] is very consistent between the two analyses, that ages are consistent for old (Age > 10 Gyr) populations, but show modest systematic differences at younger ages, and that [Fe/H] is fairly consistent, with small systematic differences related to the age systematics. Overall, EZ_Ages provides accurate estimates of fundamental parameters from medium resolution spectra of unresolved stellar populations in the old and intermediate-age regime, for the first time allowing quantitative estimates of the abundances of C, N, and Ca in these unresolved systems. The EZ_Ages code can be downloaded at http://www.ucolick.org/~graves/EZ_Ages.html

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