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最微弱的星系

The faintest galaxies

Stefania Salvadori, Andrea Ferrara

摘要:

我们调查的性质超暗矮球状星系(UF dSphs)在一般的宇宙学背景下,同时占各种“经典”的dSphs和银河系(MW)的属性,包括它们的金属丰度分布函数(ESTA)。该模型成功地再现了所观察到的[Fe/H]-光度关系和平均UFs。根据我们的研究结果,UFs是在z> 8.5,即再电离结束之前形成的H2冷却小晕的活化石。它们是MW系统中最古老和最主要的暗物质(M/L> 100)dSphs,总质量为M = 10 ^(7 - 8)Msun。该模型可以解释不同形状的UFs和经典的dSphs,以及这些物体中极贫金属恒星的频率。我们讨论了“失踪的卫星问题”,通过比较UF恒星形成效率与通过Lactea模拟中的迷你晕。

英文摘要:

We investigate the nature of Ultra Faint dwarf spheroidal galaxies (UF dSphs) in a general cosmological context, simultaneously accounting for various "classical" dSphs and Milky Way (MW) properties, including their Metallicity Distribution Function (MDF). The model successfully reproduces both the observed [Fe/H]-Luminosity relation and the mean MDF of UFs. According to our results UFs are the living fossils of H2-cooling minihaloes formed at z>8.5, i.e. before the end of reionization. They are the oldest and the most dark matter-dominated (M/L > 100) dSphs in the MW system, with a total mass of M = 10^(7-8) Msun. The model allows to interpret the different shape of UFs and classical dSphs MDF, along with the frequency of extremely metal-poor stars in these objects. We discuss the "missing satellites problem" by comparing the UF star formation efficiencies with those derived for minihaloes in the Via Lactea simulation.

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