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红序星系的恒星形成史、质光比和基本面

The Star Formation Histories of Red-Sequence Galaxies, Mass-to-Light Ratios and the Fundamental Plane

Steven P. Allanson, Michael J. Hudson, Russell J. Smith, John R. Lucey

摘要:

本文讨论的挑战,了解红序列星系的典型恒星形成的历史,使用linestrength指数和质光比作为补充约束其恒星年龄分布。我们构建简单的参数模型的恒星形成的历史,括号的一系列的情况下,并适合这些模型的线强度指数的低红移星系团红序列星系。对于巨大的星系,我们证实了缩小的趋势。然而,我们发现,当sigma < 70 km/s时,这种趋势是相反的。然后,我们比较预测的恒星质光比与来自基本面(FP)的动态质光比,或由SAURON组。对于sigma ~ 70 km/s的星系,具有年轻恒星“结霜”的模型和具有指数恒星形成历史的模型的恒星质光比分别比观测到的动态质光比大1.7和1.4倍,因此被拒绝。SSP模型与FP模型一致,并且需要适量的暗物质(20-30%)来解释恒星和动力学质光比之间的差异。一个恒星形成在中间年龄被“淬灭”的模型也与观测结果一致。我们发现,恒星星族的贡献的“倾斜”的FP是高度依赖于假设的恒星形成的历史:SSP模型,倾斜的FP主要是由恒星人口的影响。对于猝灭模型,三分之二的倾斜是由于恒星星族造成的,只有三分之一是由于暗物质或非同调造成的。

英文摘要:

This paper addresses the challenge of understanding the typical star formation histories of red sequence galaxies, using linestrength indices and mass-to-light ratios as complementary constraints on their stellar age distribution. We construct simple parametric models of the star formation history that bracket a range of scenarios, and fit these models to the linestrength indices of low-redshift cluster red-sequence galaxies. For giant galaxies, we confirm the downsizing trend. We find, however, that this trend flattens or reverses at sigma < 70 km/s. We then compare predicted stellar mass-to-light ratios with dynamical mass-to-light ratios derived from the Fundamental Plane (FP), or by the SAURON group. For galaxies with sigma ~ 70 km/s, models with a "frosting" of young stars and models with exponential star formation histories have stellar mass-to-light ratios that are larger than observed dynamical mass-to-light ratios by factors of 1.7 and 1.4, respectively, and so are rejected. The SSP model is consistent with the FP, and requires a modest amount of dark matter (20-30%) to account for the difference between stellar and dynamical mass-to-light ratios. A model in which star formation was "quenched" at intermediate ages is also consistent with the observations. We find that the contribution of stellar populations to the "tilt" of the FP is highly dependent on the assumed star-formation history: for the SSP model, the tilt of the FP is driven primarily by stellar-population effects. For a quenched model, two-thirds of the tilt is due to stellar populations and only one third is due to dark matter or non-homology.

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