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附近宇宙中的超致密大质量星系

Superdense massive galaxies in the Nearby Universe

Ignacio Trujillo, A. Javier Cenarro, Adriana de Lorenzo-Caceres, Alexandre Vazdekis, Ignacio G. de la Rosa, Antonio Cava

摘要:

超致密大质量星系(r_e~1 kpc; M~10^{11} Msun)在早期宇宙(z>1.5)中很常见。在一些分层合并的情况下,这些星系中的一个不可忽略的部分(1-10%)预计将生存,因为那个时代保持其紧凑性,并在现在的宇宙中呈现古老的恒星星族。利用SDSS数据发布6中的纽约大学增值星系表,我们在本地宇宙(z<0.2)中只发现了一小部分(约0.03%)r_e<1.5 kpc,M_*> 8 × 10 ^{10} Msun的星系。令人惊讶的是,它们相对年轻(~2 Gyr)和富含金属([Z/H]~0.2)。在目前的两个竞争的最大质量的星系(“干”合并与“膨胀”由于类星体活动)的大小演变的情况下,这些发现的后果进行了讨论。

英文摘要:

Superdense massive galaxies (r_e~1 kpc; M~10^{11} Msun) were common in the early universe (z>1.5). Within some hierarchical merging scenarios, a non-negligible fraction (1-10%) of these galaxies is expected to survive since that epoch retaining their compactness and presenting old stellar populations in the present universe. Using the NYU Value-Added Galaxy Catalog from the SDSS Data Release 6 we find only a tiny fraction of galaxies (~0.03%) with r_e<1.5 kpc and M_*>8x10^{10} Msun in the local Universe (z<0.2). Surprinsingly, they are relatively young (~2 Gyr) and metal-rich ([Z/H]~0.2). The consequences of these findings within the current two competing size evolution scenarios for the most massive galaxies ("dry" mergers vs "puffing up" due to quasar activity) are discussed.

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