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螺旋密度波触发SA和SAB星系恒星形成

Spiral density wave triggering of star formation in SA and SAB galaxies

Eric E. Martínez-García, Rosa Amelia González-Lópezlira, Gustavo Bruzual-A.

摘要:

螺旋臂上的方位角颜色(年龄)梯度是密度波理论的主要预测之一;梯度是螺旋波触发恒星形成的结果。在13个A型和AB型螺旋星系的样本中,我们发现其中10个存在与理论预测相匹配的区域。将观测到的梯度与恒星星族合成模型进行了比较,确定了主共振的速度和位置。从这个分析中推断出的共振位置表明,其中9个天体的旋臂延伸到了外部林德布拉德共振(OLR);其中一个星系的旋臂达到了共转半径。还讨论了尘埃、恒星密度、速度和金属丰度对颜色梯度的影响。

英文摘要:

Azimuthal color (age) gradients across spiral arms are one of the main predictions of density wave theory; gradients are the result of star formation triggering by the spiral waves. In a sample of 13 spiral galaxies of types A and AB, we find that 10 of them present regions that match the theoretical predictions. By comparing the observed gradients with stellar population synthesis models, the pattern speed and the location of major resonances have been determined. The resonance positions inferred from this analysis indicate that 9 of the objects have spiral arms that extend to the outer Lindblad resonance (OLR); for one of the galaxies, the spiral arms reach the corotation radius. The effects of dust, and of stellar densities, velocities, and metallicities on the color gradients are also discussed.

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