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用PMAS绘制蓝色致密矮星系的积分场光谱

Mapping the properties of blue compact dwarf galaxies: integral field spectroscopy with PMAS

L. M. Cairos, N. Caon, C. Zurita, C. Kehrig, M. Roth, P. Weilbacher

摘要:

我们对一个蓝致密矮(BCD)星系进行了积分场谱学研究,目的是分析它们的形态、一些物理性质(激发、消光和电子密度)的空间分布以及它们与恒星星族分布和演化状态的关系。利用卡拉尔阿尔托天文台3.5米望远镜上的波茨坦多孔径分光光度计(PMAS)对样本星系进行了积分场光谱观测。用1 arcsec × 1 arcsec的空间采样绘制大小为16 arcsec × 16 arcsec的区域。我们获得了3590-6996埃光谱范围内的数据,线性色散为3.2埃/像素。从这些数据中,我们建立了最突出的发射线,两个连续带,最相关的线比,和气体速度场的通量的二维地图。综合光谱的最突出的恒星形成区域和整个对象的FOV内被用来推导出它们的物理参数和气体金属丰度。六个星系在发射线和连续谱图上都显示出相同的形态;只有在两个天体Mrk 32和Tololo 1434+032中,电离气体和恒星的分布有很大的不同。一般来说,同一个天体的不同激发图显示相同的模式,并追踪恒星形成区域,正如对被热星电离的天体所预期的那样;只有Mrk 32、I Zw 123和I Zw 159的外部区域显示出更高的[SII]/H α值,暗示着冲击。六个星系显示出不均匀的尘埃分布。关于运动学,Mrk 750、Mrk 206和I Zw 159显示出清晰的旋转模式,而在Mrk 32、Mrk 475和I Zw 123中,速度场是平坦的。

英文摘要:

(Abridged) We perform integral field spectroscopy of a sample of Blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies with the aim of analyzing their morphology, the spatial distribution of some of their physical properties (excitation, extinction, and electron density) and their relationship with the distribution and evolutionary state of the stellar populations. Integral field spectroscopy observations of the sample galaxies were carried out with the Potsdam Multi-Aperture Spectrophotometer (PMAS) at the 3.5 m telescope at Calar Alto Observatory. An area 16 arcsec x 16 arcsec in size was mapped with a spatial sampling of 1 arcsec x 1 arcsec. We obtained data in the 3590-6996 Angstroms spectral range, with a linear dispersion of 3.2 Angstroms per pixel. From these data we built two-dimensional maps of the flux of the most prominent emission lines, of two continuum bands, of the most relevant line ratios, and of the gas velocity field. Integrated spectra of the most prominent star-forming regions and of whole objects within the FOV were used to derive their physical parameters and the gas metal abundances. Six galaxies display the same morphology both in emission line and in continuum maps; only in two objects, Mrk 32 and Tololo 1434+032, the distributions of the ionized gas and of the stars differ considerably. In general the different excitation maps for a same object display the same pattern and trace the star-forming regions, as expected for objects ionized by hot stars; only the outer regions of Mrk 32, I Zw 123 and I Zw 159 display higher [SII]/Halpha values, suggestive of shocks. Six galaxies display an inhomogeneous dust distribution. Regarding the kinematics, Mrk 750, Mrk 206 and I Zw 159 display a clear rotation pattern, while in Mrk 32, Mrk 475 and I Zw 123 the velocity fields are flat.

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