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孤立蓝致密星系的恒星形成性质

Star Formation Properties of Isolated Blue Compact Galaxies

Adi Zitrin, Noah Brosch, Benny Bilenko

摘要:

我们报告了对位于大宇宙空洞方向的一个非常孤立的蓝色致密星系(BCGs)样本的H $α$观测,以了解它们的恒星星族组成、当前恒星形成(SF)性质和恒星形成历史(SFHs)。我们的观测结果与斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)的光度数据和2微米全天巡天(2 MASS)的近红外数据相结合,只要这些数据可用。将合并的数据集与Bruzual和Charlot(2003 a,2003 b)的进化合成模型的预测进行比较。目前的恒星形成率(SFR)确定的H $α$测量,和简化的恒星形成历史来自宽带和H $α$测光和与模型的比较。我们发现,恒星形成率范围在0.1- 1.0 M $_{\odot}$ yr $^{-1}$之间,中位数为0.6 M $_{\odot}$ yr $^{-1}$。观测到的星系颜色更好地解释了一个连续的SF过程与最近的瞬时SF爆发相结合,而不是由几个瞬时爆发的组合,如前所述。我们比较了我们的结果的样本星系的恒星形成率的样本的矮星系的室女星系团,发现BCGs有显着更强的SFR。BCGs遵循H $α$发射和在室女星系团和其他BCGs中发现的星光之间的相关性。

英文摘要:

We report H$α$ observations of a sample of very isolated blue compact galaxies (BCGs) located in the direction of large cosmic voids obtained to understand their stellar population compositions, the present star formation (SF) properties, and their star formation histories (SFHs). Our observations were combined with photometric data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and near-infrared data from the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), wherever such data were available. The combined data sets were compared with predictions of evolutionary synthesis models by Bruzual & Charlot (2003a, 2003b). Current star formation rates (SFRs) were determined from the H$α$ measurements, and simplified star formation histories were derived from broad-band and H$α$ photometry and comparisons with the models. We found that the star formation rates range within 0.1--1.0 M$_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$, with a median rate of 0.6 M$_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$. The observed galaxy colours are better explained by the combination of a continuous SF process with a recent instantaneous SF burst, than by a combination of several instantaneous bursts, as has been suggested previously. We compare our results for the star formation rate of the sample galaxies with that of samples of dwarf galaxies in the Virgo cluster and find that the BCGs have significantly stronger SFRs. The BCGs follow the correlation between H$α$ emission and starlight found for dwarf galaxies in the Virgo Cluster and for other BCGs.

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