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从z<1的主要合并形成一个大圆盘星系

Forming a Large Disc Galaxy from a z<1 Major Merger

F. Governato, C. B. Brook, A. M. Brooks, L. Mayer, B. Willman, P. Jonsson, A. M. Stilp, L. Pope, C. Christensen, J. Wadsley, T. Quinn

摘要:

使用高分辨率SPH模拟在一个完全宇宙学的λ CDM背景下,我们研究了一个明亮的磁盘为主的星系,起源于一个“湿”的主要合并在z=0.8的形成。盘状星系的祖先本身就是盘状星系,它们是由早期蓝色星系之间的主要合并形成的。在最后一次大合并之后,一个相当薄的恒星盘迅速增长,最后残骸的今天的性质是典型的早期螺旋星系,i带B/D ~0.65,盘尺度长度为7.2 kpc,g-r = 0.5等,HI线宽(W_{20} /2)为238 km/sec,总星等i =-22.4。主要合并后形成主要恒星盘成分的关键成分是:i)通过冷流的气体大量快速吸积,随后在后期由热相气体冷却,ii)超新星反馈,能够部分抑制合并期间的恒星形成和iii)球状成分的相对衰落。在z<3时,前体盘的气体比例不超过25%,强调来自局部环境的持续气体供应在盘的再生和保持星系蓝色方面起着重要作用。这个模拟的结果缓解了盘星系存在的问题,在相对较低的z星系大小的晕的相互作用和合并的可能性很高。

英文摘要:

Using high resolution SPH simulations in a fully cosmological Lambda CDM context we study the formation of a bright disk dominated galaxy that originates from a "wet" major merger at z=0.8. The progenitors of the disk galaxy are themselves disk galaxies that formed from early major mergers between galaxies with blue colors. A substantial thin stellar disk grows rapidly following the last major merger and the present day properties of the final remnant are typical of early type spiral galaxies, with an i band B/D ~0.65, a disk scale length of 7.2 kpc, g-r = 0.5 mag, an HI line width (W_{20}/2) of 238 km/sec and total magnitude i = -22.4. The key ingredients for the formation of a dominant stellar disk component after a major merger are: i) substantial and rapid accretion of gas through cold flows followed at late times by cooling of gas from the hot phase, ii) supernova feedback that is able to partially suppress star formation during mergers and iii) relative fading of the spheroidal component. The gas fraction of the progenitors' disks does not exceed 25% at z<3, emphasizing that the continuous supply of gas from the local environment plays a major role in the regrowth of disks and in keeping the galaxies blue. The results of this simulation alleviate the problem posed for the existence of disk galaxies by the high likelihood of interactions and mergers for galaxy sized halos at relatively low z.

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