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UV中的吸收线指数。经验和理论恒星星族模型

Absorption line indices in the UV. Empirical and theoretical stellar population models

C. Maraston, L. A. Nieves, R. Bender, D. Thomas

摘要:

(节录)。恒星的光学吸收线已经被广泛研究,并构成了一个重要的恒星星族诊断星系在本地宇宙和中等红移。当往后看的时间越长时,星系就越年轻,紫外线就变成了占主导地位的恒星星族发光的相关光谱区域。然而,对恒星星族模型的紫外吸收线的综合研究还很缺乏。我们研究吸收线指数在远,中紫外线,以确定年龄和金属指标的紫外线明亮的恒星星族在当地的宇宙,以及在高红移。我们探索经验和理论的光谱库,并使用进化的人口合成计算合成线指数的恒星星族模型。从经验方面,我们利用IUE-低分辨率恒星光谱库和吸收线系统。从理论方面,我们使用高分辨率库库鲁茨合成光谱。为了选择指数,可以用来作为年龄和/或金属丰度指标,遥远的星系和球状星团,我们比较的模型,从麦哲伦云的模板球状星团的数据。我们提供了在1200埃到3000埃波长范围内,不同年龄和金属丰度的恒星星族的合成线指数。这增加了几个新的指标,充分研究的CIV和SiIV的选择。在与球状星团数据比较的基础上,我们选择了一组2000埃静止框架蓝向的11个指数,可以很好地恢复星团的年龄和金属丰度。这些指数是研究高红移年轻星系的理想指标。我们还提供了合成的高分辨率恒星星族SED。

英文摘要:

(Abridged). Stellar absorption lines in the optical have been extensively studied and constitute an important stellar population diagnostic for galaxies in the local universe and up to moderate redshifts. Proceeding towards higher look-back times, galaxies are younger and the ultraviolet becomes the relevant spectral region where the dominant stellar populations shine. A comprehensive study of ultraviolet absorption lines of stellar population models is however still lacking. We study absorption line indices in the far and mid-ultraviolet in order to determine age and metallicity indicators for UV-bright stellar populations in the local universe as well as at high redshift. We explore empirical and theoretical spectral libraries and use evolutionary population synthesis to compute synthetic line indices of stellar population models. From the empirical side, we exploit the IUE-low resolution library of stellar spectra and system of absorption lines. From the theoretical side we use a high-resolution library of Kurucz synthetic spectra. In order to select indices that can be used as age and/or metallicity indicators for distant galaxies and globular clusters, we compare the models to data of template globular clusters from the Magellanic Clouds. We provide synthetic line indices in the wavelength range 1200 Angstrom to 3000 Angstrom for stellar populations of various ages and metallicities. This adds several new indices to the well-studied CIV and SiIV absorptions. Based on the comparison with globular cluster data, we select a set of 11 indices blueward of the 2000 Angstrom rest-frame that allows to recover well the ages and the metallicities of the clusters. These indices are ideal to study young galaxies at high redshift. We also provide the synthetic high-resolution stellar population SEDs.

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