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中等红移~L ~* 亮度的贫金属镓族

A Population of Metal-Poor Galaxies with ~L* Luminosities at Intermediate Redshifts

John J. Salzer, Anna L. Williams, Caryl Gronwall

摘要:

我们提出了新的光谱和金属丰度估计的样本15恒星形成星系的红移范围在0.29 - 0.42。这些天体是在KPNO国际光谱巡天中通过它们在红色物镜棱镜光谱中看到的强发射线选择的。最初被认为是中等红移的塞弗特2星系,我们在远红区的新光谱显示这些物体是贫金属的恒星形成星系。这些星系遵循的光度-金属丰度(L-Z)关系与低红移星系定义的关系相似,但被抵消了10倍以上,以降低丰度。将这些星系置于局部L-Z关系上所需的化学和/或光度演化量是极端的,这表明这些星系处于它们演化的一个非常特殊的阶段。它们可能是形成较晚的大质量系统,这将挑战当前的星系形成范式。或者,它们可能代表了矮-矮合并中的强烈恒星爆发,或者原始气体进入一个预先存在的星系的主要坠落事件。无论如何,这些天体代表了星系演化的一个极端阶段,发生在相对较低的红移。

英文摘要:

We present new spectroscopy and metallicity estimates for a sample of 15 star-forming galaxies with redshifts in the range 0.29 - 0.42. These objects were selected in the KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey via their strong emission lines seen in red objective-prism spectra. Originally thought to be intermediate-redshift Seyfert 2 galaxies, our new spectroscopy in the far red has revealed these objects to be metal-poor star-forming galaxies. These galaxies follow a luminosity-metallicity (L-Z) relation that parallels the one defined by low-redshift galaxies, but is offset by a factor of more than ten to lower abundances. The amount of chemical and/or luminosity evolution required to place these galaxies on the local L-Z relation is extreme, suggesting that these galaxies are in a very special stage of their evolution. They may be late-forming massive systems, which would challenge the current paradigm of galaxy formation. Alternatively, they may represent intense starbursts in dwarf-dwarf mergers or a major infall episode of pristine gas into a pre-existing galaxy. In any case, these objects represent an extreme stage of galaxy evolution taking place at relatively low redshift.

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