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红、蓝低表面亮度盘星系的恒星形成历史

The star formation histories of red and blue low surface brightness disk galaxies

G. H. Zhong, Y. C. Liang, F. Hammer, X. Y. Chen, L. C. Deng, H. Flores

摘要:

研究了从Sloan数字巡天(SDSS)数据发布7(DR 7)的主要星系样本中选取的213个红色和226个蓝色近面低表面亮度盘状星系(LSBG)的恒星形成历史(SFH)和恒星星族。我们还想比较两组的恒星星族和SFH。红色和蓝色LSBG的样品在光谱连续区都具有足够的信噪比。我们从MPA/JHU星表中获得了它们的吸收线指数(如Mg_2、Hδ_A)、D_n(4000)和恒星质量,以研究它们的恒星星族和SFH。在简单恒星星族模板的基础上,利用光谱合成程序STARLIGHT拟合了它们的光谱(恒星吸收线和连续谱)。我们发现,红色LSBG往往是相对较老的,更高的金属丰度,更大的质量和更高的表面质量密度比蓝色LSBG。D_n(4000)-Hδ_A平面表明,红、蓝LSBG可能具有不同的SFH:蓝LSBG更可能在现今经历零星的恒星形成事件,而红LSBG更可能在过去的1-2 Gyr内持续形成恒星。此外,最近经历零星形成事件的星系的比例随着恒星质量的增加而减少。此外,还为红、蓝两种LSBG定义了两个子样本:同一恒星质量范围内的子样本为9.5 <= log(M_ \star /M_ \odot)<= 10.3,表面亮度极限子样本为μ_0(R)<= 20.7 mag arcsec^{-2}。它们在对应关系中显示出与总样本一致的结果,这证实了我们比较蓝色和红色LSBG的结果是稳健的。

英文摘要:

We study the star formation histories (SFH) and stellar populations of 213 red and 226 blue nearly face-on low surface brightness disk galaxies (LSBGs), which are selected from the main galaxy sample of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release Seven (DR7). We also want to compare the stellar populations and SFH between the two groups. The sample of both red and blue LSBGs have sufficient signal-to-noise ratio in the spectral continua. We obtain their absorption-line indices (e.g. Mg_2, Hδ_A), D_n(4000) and stellar masses from the MPA/JHU catalogs to study their stellar populations and SFH. Moreover we fit their optical spectra (stellar absorption lines and continua) by using the spectral synthesis code STARLIGHT on the basis of the templates of Simple Stellar Populations (SSPs). We find that red LSBGs tend to be relatively older, higher metallicity, more massive and have higher surface mass density than blue LSBGs. The D_n(4000)-Hδ_A plane shows that perhaps red and blue LSBGs have different SFH: blue LSBGs are more likely to be experiencing a sporadic star formation events at the present day, whereas red LSBGs are more likely to form stars continuously over the past 1-2 Gyr. Moreover, the fraction of galaxies that experienced recent sporadic formation events decreases with increasing stellar mass. Furthermore, two sub-samples are defined for both red and blue LSBGs: the sub-sample within the same stellar mass range of 9.5 <= log(M_\star/M_\odot) <= 10.3, and the surface brightness limiting sub-sample with μ_0(R) <= 20.7 mag arcsec^{-2}. They show consistent results with the total sample in the corresponding relationships, which confirm that our results to compare the blue and red LSBGs are robust.

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