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星系团中的金属产生:非星系成分

Metal Production in Galaxy Clusters: The Non-Galactic Component

Joel N. Bregman, Michael E. Anderson, Xinyu Dai

摘要:

星系团中的金属丰度可能来源于星系中的恒星,以大质量恒星为主的星群可能是最重要的恒星组成部分,特别是在富金属的星系团中。我们研究的金属丰度和星系的日珥之间的关系测量的恒星重子比,M $_*$ /M $_{bary}$。与预期相反,我们排除了金属丰度与M $_*$ /M $_{bary}$成正比的情况,其中最佳拟合是气相金属丰度随M $_*$ /M $_{bary}$而减小,或者气体金属丰度加上恒星的金属丰度与M $_*$ /M $_{bary}$无关。这意味着负责金属的恒星的数量在很大程度上与星系团的重子总质量成正比,而不是与星系团内的星系质量成正比。如果普遍适用,宇宙中的大多数重元素都不是在星系中产生的。

英文摘要:

The metallicity in galaxy clusters is expected to originate from the stars in galaxies, with a population dominated by high mass stars likely being the most important stellar component, especially in rich clusters. We examine the relationship between the metallicity and the prominence of galaxies as measured by the star to baryon ratio, M$_*$/M$_{bary}$. Counter to expectations, we rule out a metallicity that is proportional to M$_*$/M$_{bary}$, where the best fit has the gas phase metallicity decreasing with M$_*$/M$_{bary}$, or the metallicity of the gas plus the stars being independent of M$_*$/M$_{bary}$. This implies that the population of stars responsible for the metals is largely proportional to the total baryonic mass of the cluster, not to the galaxy mass within the cluster. If generally applicable, most of the heavy elements in the universe were not produced within galaxies.

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