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星团中的红色恒星形成和蓝色被动星系

Red star-forming and blue passive galaxies in clusters

Smriti Mahajan, Somak Raychaudhury

摘要:

本文研究了位于低红移(z<0.12)星系团及其周围的6,000多个星系(M_r<=-20.5)的颜色与比恒星形成率(由SDSS DR 4获得的光谱)的关系。尽管大多数红色星系很少或没有正在形成的恒星,大多数蓝色星系目前正在形成恒星,但仍有大量的红色恒星形成(SF)和蓝色被动星系。本文探讨属于后两类星系的各种属性。这些特征包括形态参数、内消光、EW(H_delta)和4000角间断等光谱特征以及金属丰度。我们的分析表明,蓝色被动星系的性质非常相似,他们的SF同行,除了他们的大范围的EW(H_delta)表明最近截断的恒星形成。红色SF星系分为两大类,一类是星系团核心中的大质量星系,主要由古老的恒星星族组成,但核心中有恒星形成的证据。对于其余的红色SF星系,从各种金属丰度测量和平均恒星年龄可以明显看出,它们的颜色是由富含金属的恒星星族占优势造成的。这些SF星系的性质对环境研究的影响,如布彻Oemler效应,进行了讨论。

英文摘要:

We explore the relation between colour and specific star formation rate (derived from optical spectra obtained by SDSS DR4) of over 6,000 galaxies (M_r<=-20.5) in and around low redshift (z<0.12) clusters. Even though most red galaxies have little or no ongoing star formation, and most blue galaxies are currently forming stars, there are significant populations of red star-forming (SF) and blue passive galaxies. This paper examines various properties of galaxies belonging to the latter two categories. These properties include morphological parameters, internal extinction, spectral features such as EW(H_delta) and the 4000 ang break, and metallicity. Our analysis shows that the blue passive galaxies have properties very similar to their SF counterparts, except that their large range in EW(H_delta) indicates recent truncation of star formation. The red SF galaxies fall into two broad categories, one of them being massive galaxies in cluster cores dominated by an old stellar population, but with evidence of current star formation in the core. For the remaining red SF galaxies it is evident from various metallicity measures and mean stellar ages, that their colours result from the predominance of a metal-rich stellar population. The implication of the properties of these SF galaxies on environmental studies, like that of the Butcher-Oemler effect, is discussed.

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