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星系动物园:一个低红移的蓝色早型星系样本

Galaxy Zoo: A sample of blue early-type galaxies at low redshift

Kevin Schawinski, Chris Lintott, Daniel Thomas, Marc Sarzi, Dan Andreescu, Steven P. Bamford, Sugata Kaviraj, Sadegh Khochfar, Kate Land, Phil Murray, Robert C.… 展开作者

Kevin Schawinski, Chris Lintott, Daniel Thomas, Marc Sarzi, Dan Andreescu, Steven P. Bamford, Sugata Kaviraj, Sadegh Khochfar, Kate Land, Phil Murray, Robert C. Nichol, M. Jordan Raddick, Anze Slosar, Alex Szalay, Jan VandenBerg, Sukyoung K. Yi

摘要:

我们报告了附近发现的一群具有高恒星形成率(0.5 < SFR < 50 Msun/yr)的蓝色早型星系。它们通过银河动物园为SDSS DR 6提供的视觉形态和它们的u-r颜色来识别。我们选择了一个在红移范围0.02 < z < 0.05的体积有限的样本,对应于大约L* 及以上的光度,并且u-r颜色明显比红色序列更蓝。我们确认了这个样本中物体的早期形态,并研究了它们的环境依赖性和恒星形成特性。蓝色早型星系倾向于生活在比“正常”红色序列早型星系密度更低的环境中,占低红移早型星系总数的5.7 +/-0.4%。我们发现,这样的蓝色早型星系几乎没有在高速色散超过200公里/秒。我们的分析使用发射线diganostic图,我们发现其中约25%的活跃恒星形成,而另外约25%的主机恒星形成和活动星系核。另外12%是活动星系核。剩下的38%没有显示出强的发射谱线。当存在活动星系核并且没有受到活动星系核的污染时,恒星的形成通常是强烈的。我们认为恒星形成率来自Halpha,u-波段和红外光度,径向颜色配置文件,并得出结论,恒星形成空间扩展。在那些目前没有恒星形成的天体中,为了解释它们的蓝色光学颜色,最近必须停止这样做。在所有的情况下,活跃的蓝色早型星系的气相金属丰度都是超太阳的。我们讨论的地方,这些对象的背景下,星系形成。在我们的样本,包括恒星形成率和发射线分类,所有204个蓝色早型星系的目录。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of a population of nearby, blue early-type galaxies with high star formation rates (0.5 < SFR < 50 Msun/yr). They are identified by their visual morphology as provided by Galaxy Zoo for SDSS DR6 and their u-r colour. We select a volume-limited sample in the redshift range 0.02 < z < 0.05, corresponding to luminosities of approximately L* and above, and with u-r colours significantly bluer than the red sequence. We confirm the early-type morphology of the objects in this sample and investigate their environmental dependence and star formation properties. Blue early-type galaxies tend to live in lower-density environments than `normal' red sequence early-types and make up 5.7 +/-0.4% of the low-redshift early-type galaxy population. We find that such blue early-type galaxies are virtually absent at high velocity dispersions above 200 km/s. Our analysis uses emission line diganostic diagrams and we find that ~25% of them are actively starforming, while another ~25% host both star formation and an AGN. Another ~12% are AGN. The remaining 38% show no strong emission lines. When present and uncontaminated by an AGN contribution, the star formation is generally intense. We consider star formation rates derived from Halpha, u-band and infrared luminosities, and radial colour profiles, and conclude that the star formation is spatially extended. Of those objects that are not currently undergoing star formation must have ceased doing so recently in order to account for their blue optical colours. The gas phase metallicity of the actively starforming blue early-types galaxies is supersolar in all cases. We discuss the place of these objects in the context of galaxy formation. A catalogue of all 204 blue early-type galaxies in our sample, including star formation rates and emission line classification, is provided.

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