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近、远星系金属丰度

Galaxy metallicity near and far

F. Mannucci, G. Cresci

摘要:

金属丰度是研究星系形成和演化的重要工具之一。近年来,我们发现星系的金属丰度不仅与恒星质量密切相关,而且与恒星形成率(SFR)密切相关。在低恒星质量下,金属丰度随SFR的增加而急剧下降,而在高恒星质量下,金属丰度不依赖于SFR。在这个基本金属丰度关系(FMR)上的剩余金属丰度离散度非常小,约为0.05dex。高红移星系,z~2.5,被发现遵循相同的FMR定义的本地SDSS星系,没有演化的迹象。在z>2.5时,观测到FMR的演化约为0.6dex,高红移星系显示出较低的金属丰度。这一结果可以与我们最近在三个高红移星系中发现的金属丰度梯度相结合。在这些星系中,具有较高SFR的区域也显示出较低的金属丰度。这两个证据都可以解释为气体平稳地流入先前富集的星系,并由气体流入引发恒星形成活动。

英文摘要:

Metallicity appears to be one the most important tool to study formation and evolution of galaxies. Recently, we have shown that metallicity of local galaxies is tightly related not only to stellar mass, but also to star formation rate (SFR). At low stellar mass, metallicity decreases sharply with increasing SFR, while at high stellar mass, metallicity does not depend on SFR. The residual metallicity dispersion across this Fundamental Metallicity Relation (FMR) is very small, about 0.05dex. High redshift galaxies, up to z~2.5, are found to follow the same FMR defined by local SDSS galaxies, with no indication of evolution. At z>2.5, evolution of about 0.6dex off the FMR is observed, with high-redshift galaxies showing lower metallicities. This result can be combined with our recent discover of metallicity gradients in three high redshift galaxies showing disk dynamics. In these galaxies, the regions with higher SFR also show lower metallicities. Both these evidences can be explained by the effect of smooth infall of gas into previously enriched galaxies, with the star-formation activity triggered by the infalling gas.

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