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用近红外钙三重态研究大银心半径处的金属丰度

Metallicity Gradients at Large Galactocentric Radii Using the Near-infrared Calcium Triplet

Caroline Foster, Robert N. Proctor, Duncan A. Forbes, Max Spolaor, Philip F. Hopkins, Jean P. Brodie

摘要:

我们描述了一种新的光谱技术,用于测量径向金属丰度梯度到大的银河系中心半径。我们使用凯克望远镜上的DEIMOS多目标摄谱仪和Proctor等人(2009)的星系光谱提取技术。我们还利用金属丰度敏感的近红外(NIR)钙三重态(CaT)功能与单恒星星族模型,以获得金属丰度。我们的技术是作为一个试点研究的样本三个相对较近(<30 Mpc)的中间质量到大质量的早期型星系。结果与以前的文献内区域值进行了比较,一般表现出良好的一致性。我们还包括一个比较与配置文件从dissipendisdisk-disk主要合并模拟。基于我们新的扩展金属丰度梯度结合其他观测证据和理论预测,我们讨论了我们样本中星系可能的形成场景。我们的新技术的局限性进行了讨论。

英文摘要:

We describe a new spectroscopic technique for measuring radial metallicity gradients out to large galactocentric radii. We use the DEIMOS multi-object spectrograph on the Keck telescope and the galaxy spectrum extraction technique of Proctor et al. (2009). We also make use of the metallicity sensitive near-infrared (NIR) Calcium triplet (CaT) features together with single stellar population models to obtain metallicities. Our technique is applied as a pilot study to a sample of three relatively nearby (<30 Mpc) intermediate-mass to massive early-type galaxies. Results are compared with previous literature inner region values and generally show good agreement. We also include a comparison with profiles from dissipational disk-disk major merger simulations. Based on our new extended metallicity gradients combined with other observational evidence and theoretical predictions, we discuss possible formation scenarios for the galaxies in our sample. The limitations of our new technique are also discussed.

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