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早型星系形状与恒星星族的关系

On the connection between shape and stellar population in early-type galaxies

M. D'Onofrio, T. Valentinuzzi, G. Fasano, A. Moretti, D. Bettoni, B. M. Poggianti, B. Vulcani, J. Varela, J. Fritz, A. Cava, P. Kjaergaard, M. Moles, W. J. Couch, A. Dreller

摘要:

我们报告的发现之间的关系的恒星质量$M^*$的早期型星系(以下ETG),它们的形状,参数化的Sersic指数$n$,和它们的恒星质量与光的比率$M^*/L$。在由这些变量定义的3D日志空间中,ETG填充具有小散射的平面表面。这个关系告诉我们,星系的形状和恒星星族不是独立的物理变量,这一结果必须由星系形成和演化的理论来解释。

英文摘要:

We report on the discovery of a relation between the stellar mass $M^*$ of early-type galaxies (hereafter ETGs), their shape, as parametrized by the Sersic index $n$, and their stellar mass-to-light ratio $M^*/L$. In a 3D log space defined by these variables the ETGs populate a plane surface with small scatter. This relation tells us that galaxy shape and stellar population are not independent physical variables, a result that must be accounted for by theories of galaxy formation and evolution.

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