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早型星系团中的恒星星族梯度

Stellar population gradients in early-type cluster galaxies

T. D. Rawle, Russell J. Smith, J. R. Lucey

摘要:

本文研究了早型星系团星系内部恒星星族密度梯度。利用VLT VIMOS积分场单位,我们观测到Shapley超星系团(z = 0.048)核心的19个星系。测量了14个星系的9条吸收线(HdF到Fe 5406)到有效半径的径向趋势,并由此导出了星系年龄、总金属丰度和α元素丰度的梯度。我们将这些结果与我们以前的VIMOS工作(Rawle et al 2008)中研究的11个星系的结果相结合。我们观察到的平均金属丰度梯度为-0.13 +/- 0.04 per dex,与以前的研究结果相同,log(sigma)> 2.1的星系在金属丰度梯度中具有相当大的内在分散性。平均对数(年龄/Gyr)梯度为-0.02 +/- 0.06/dex,尽管有几个星系有显著的正或负年龄梯度。α-元素增强的平均梯度为-0.10 +/- 0.04/dex。我们发现,恒星星族梯度主要与中心金属丰度有关:具有超太阳中心的早型星系具有陡峭的负金属丰度梯度和正年龄梯度;具有太阳金属丰度中心的早型星系具有可忽略的[Z/H]梯度和负年龄梯度。年龄梯度和金属丰度梯度之间存在很强的反相关性。虽然这种趋势的一部分可以归因于测量误差的相关性,我们证明,有一个潜在的内在关系。对于沙普利星系,光谱年龄和金属丰度预测的B-R颜色梯度一般同意直接从测光。

英文摘要:

We present a study of internal stellar population gradients in early-type cluster galaxies. Using the VLT VIMOS integral field unit, we observed 19 galaxies in the core of the Shapley Supercluster (z = 0.048). The radial trends in nine absorption lines (HdF to Fe5406) were measured to the effective radius for 14 galaxies, from which we derived the gradients in age, total metallicity and alpha-element over-abundance. We combine these with results from 11 galaxies studied in our previous VIMOS work (Rawle et al 2008). We observe a mean metallicity gradient of -0.13 +/- 0.04 per dex and, in common with the findings of previous studies, galaxies with log(sigma) > 2.1 have a sizeable intrinsic scatter in metallicity gradient. The mean log(age/Gyr) gradient is -0.02 +/- 0.06 per dex, although several galaxies have significant positive or negative age gradients. The mean gradient in alpha-element enhancement is -0.10 +/- 0.04 per dex. We find that stellar population gradients are primarily related to the central metallicity: early-type galaxies with super-solar centres have steep negative metallicity gradients and positive age gradients; those with solar metallicity centres have negligible [Z/H] gradients and negative age gradients. There is a strong observed anti-correlation between the gradients in age and metallicity. While a part of this trend can be attributed to the correlation of measurement errors, we demonstrate that there is an underlying intrinsic relation. For the Shapley galaxies, B-R colour gradients predicted from spectroscopic age and metallicity generally agree well with those measured directly from photometry.

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