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ULIRGs II中恒星星族的性质:恒星形成历史和演化

The properties of the stellar populations in ULIRGs II: the star formation histories and evolution

Javier Rodriguez-Zaurin, C. N. Tadhunter, R. M. Gonzalez-Delgado

摘要:

这是两篇论文中的第二篇,详细介绍了36个ULIRGs样本中恒星星族的长缝光谱研究。在前面的文章中,我们介绍了样本,数据和光谱合成建模,而在本文中,我们进行了详细的分析建模结果。我们发现ULIRGs的恒星形成历史是复杂的,至少有两个恒星形成活动的时代,其特征时标为<1亿年。这些结果与模型相一致,该模型预测了与合并核的第一次通过相一致的增强的恒星形成时期,以及随着核最终合并在一起而发生的进一步,更强烈的恒星形成事件。研究还发现,在星系的核区,年轻的恒星星族(YSP)更年轻,更红。这与合并模拟结果非常吻合,合并模拟结果预测,在合并的最后阶段,大部分恒星形成活动将发生在合并星系的核区域。此外,我们的研究结果表明,ULIRG的总恒星质量与星系质量函数的折点(m* = 1.4 x 10^{11} Msolar)相似或更小。最后,我们发现没有显着差异的年龄之间的YSP在ULIRGs与光学检测到的Seyfert核,也没有那些温暖和凉爽的中到远红外颜色。虽然这一结果并不能完全排除具有HII/LINER光谱的冷ULIRGs演化为具有Seyfer类光谱的暖ULIRGs的想法,但很明显,在核区域的主要合并引起的恒星爆发之后的一个相当长的时期(>= 1亿年),局部Seyfer类ULIRGs中的活动星系核活动并没有被触发。

英文摘要:

This is the second of two papers presenting a detailed long-slit spectroscopic study of the stellar populations in a sample of 36 ULIRGs. In the previous paper we presented the sample, the data and the spectral synthesis modelling while in this paper, we carry out a detailed analysis of the modelling results. We find that the star formation histories of ULIRGs are complex, with at least two epochs of star formation activity and that the charcteristic timescale of the star formation acivity is <100Myr. These results are consistent with models that predict an epoch of enhanced star formation coinciding with the first pass of the merging nuclei, along with a further, more intense, episode of star formation occurring as the nuclei finally merge together. It is also found that the young stellar populations (YSPs) tend to be younger and more reddened in the nuclear regions of the galaxies. This is in good agreement with the merger simulations, which predict that the bulk of the star formation activity in the final stages of mergers will occur in the nuclear regions of the merging galaxies. In addition, our results show that ULIRGs have total stellar masses that are similar to, or smaller than, the break of the galaxy mass function (m* = 1.4 x 10^{11} Msolar). Finally, we find no significant differences between the ages of the YSP in ULIRGs with and without optically detected Seyfert nuclei, nor between those with warm and cool mid- to far-IR colours. While this results do not entirely rule out the idea that cool ULIRGs with HII/LINER spectra evolve into warm ULIRGs with Seyfert-like spectra, it is clear that the AGN activity in local Seyfert-like ULIRGs has not been triggered a substantial period (>=100 Myr) after the major merger-induced starbursts in the nuclear regions.

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