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蓝色序列E/S0星系的气体质量分数与恒星形成

Gas Mass Fractions and Star Formation in Blue-Sequence E/S0 Galaxies

L. H. Wei, S. J. Kannappan, S. N. Vogel, A. J. Baker

摘要:

最近的工作已经确定了一个人口的低红移E/S 0星系,躺在蓝色序列的颜色与恒星质量参数空间,螺旋星系通常居住。虽然高质量的蓝色序列E/S 0通常类似于年轻的合并或相互作用残留物,可能会褪色到红色序列,但我们关注的是具有较低恒星质量(<几个10^10 M_sun)的蓝色序列E/S 0,其特征是相当规则的形态和低密度的场环境,其中新鲜气体可能流入。这个群体可能通过盘再生提供早期类型星系和螺旋星系之间的进化联系。专注于原子气藏,我们提出了新的GBT HI数据27 E/S 0 s的两个序列,以及一个完整的列表中的档案HI数据的其他星系在附近的场星系巡天。标准化到恒星质量,14个蓝色序列E/S 0中有12个的原子气体质量从0.1到>1.0不等。这些气体与恒星的质量比与螺旋星系和不规则星系的质量比相当,并且对恒星质量有类似的依赖性。假设HI是可访问的恒星形成,我们发现,我们的许多蓝色序列E/S 0的恒星质量可以增加10-60%,在3 Gyr在两个限制的情况下,指数下降的恒星形成和恒星形成恒定。在一个恒定的恒星形成场景中,大约一半的蓝色序列E/S 0需要新鲜气体在<3 Gyr的时间尺度上下降,以避免耗尽其原子气体库并演变为红色序列。我们提出的证据表明,在这些星系中的恒星形成是突发性的,可能涉及外部触发的气体流入。我们的分析表明,大多数蓝序E/S 0确实能够在相对较短的时间尺度上实现大量的恒星盘生长。(节略)

英文摘要:

Recent work has identified a population of low-redshift E/S0 galaxies that lie on the blue sequence in color vs. stellar mass parameter space, where spiral galaxies typically reside. While high-mass blue-sequence E/S0s often resemble young merger or interaction remnants likely to fade to the red sequence, we focus on blue-sequence E/S0s with lower stellar masses (< a few 10^10 M_sun), which are characterized by fairly regular morphologies and low-density field environments where fresh gas infall is possible. This population may provide an evolutionary link between early-type galaxies and spirals through disk regrowth. Focusing on atomic gas reservoirs, we present new GBT HI data for 27 E/S0s on both sequences as well as a complete tabulation of archival HI data for other galaxies in the Nearby Field Galaxy Survey. Normalized to stellar mass, the atomic gas masses for 12 of the 14 blue-sequence E/S0s range from 0.1 to >1.0. These gas-to-stellar mass ratios are comparable to those of spiral and irregular galaxies and have a similar dependence on stellar mass. Assuming that the HI is accessible for star formation, we find that many of our blue-sequence E/S0s can increase in stellar mass by 10-60% in 3 Gyr in both of two limiting scenarios, exponentially declining star formation and constant star formation. In a constant star formation scenario, about half of the blue-sequence E/S0s require fresh gas infall on a timescale of <3 Gyr to avoid exhausting their atomic gas reservoirs and evolving to the red sequence. We present evidence that star formation in these galaxies is bursty and likely involves externally triggered gas inflows. Our analysis suggests that most blue-sequence E/S0s are indeed capable of substantial stellar disk growth on relatively short timescales. (abridged)

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